This third collection of Martin Crimp's work brings together four remarkable plays - Fewer Emergencies; Cruel and Tender; The City and In the Republic of Happiness 'Martin Crimp is one of the hottest properties in Europe' Guardian 'Crimp writes with extraordinary precision. He has discovered a dramatic form that perfectly reflects the violent, disorienting times in which we live.' Daily Telegraph 'Crimp's dialogue is spare, edgy, rigorously controlled and often very funny. But beneath the poised surface of the words, he creates a growing feeling of tension, even of menace, of lives of quiet but none the less profound desperation.' Daily Telegraph 'In the modern manner, this is a short, sharp shock, without redemption. In the language of drugs, a hit.' Sunday Times