Throughout his life, playwright and political activist Harold Pinter has
consistently cast light on the hypocrisy of conformist truths in pure
and simple terms. Awarded the Wilfred Owen Prize in 2004 for his poetry
condemning U.S. military intervention in Iraq, Mr. Pinter has succeeded
as no other of his generation in combining his artistry with his
political activism. Death etc. brings together Pinter's most poignant
and especially relevant writings in this time of war. From chilling
psychological portraits of those who commit atrocities in the name of a
higher power, to essays on the state-sponsored terrorism of present-day
regimes, to solemn hymns commemorating the faceless masses that perish
unrecognized, Mr. Pinter's writings are as essential to the preservation
of open debate as to our awareness of personal involvement in the fate
of our global community.