Overview
IS THE FOURTH WALL A URINAL? In Eckhard Gerdes's fifteenth novel, two women friends - one from the city, the other from the suburbs - attend opening night of a cryptic new play: "Pissers' Theatre." Oddly enough, both the play and the theatre it's being presented in have been designed to accommodate audience incontinence. Thus, the production pauses whenever someone needs to empty their bladder. This bizarre experiment plays havoc with the show's continuity and leads our heroines into strange places - onstage and off. Gerdes's Pissers' Theatre shares Godot's deft moments of humor and sad conclusions about existence. With no signposts in a literary void, lost travelers we remain, lost in a writer's lost designs. This novel deserves to be translated into a theatrical piece someday soon. -American Book Review "The Pissers' Theatre will keep you reading with its captivating storytelling and relatable characters. While it is a light read, there are many hidden metaphors and subtle satirical points... I highly recommend Eckhard Gerdes' novel to all sophisticated readers (and theatergoers!). It would be a great vacation companion or the perfect novel to read on a rainy weekend. - Windy City Reviews "At its core, the book describes a play within a play in which all audience experience becomes just as important as the story itself. The theatre is designed for elderly patrons with the performance constantly interrupted for bathroom breaks, which I found both humorous and deeply sigh-inducing. The novel cleverly highlights themes of human limitations, time, and the awkward realities of physical existence while all the time poking fun at modern theatre culture." - Goodreads
