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People Live Here is a brand-new collection of three exciting new plays by George F. Walker, Canada’s king of black comedy and a winner of two Governor General’s Literary Awards for Drama. The Chance is a funny, quirky, and suspenseful play portraying three aspiring but economically deprived women living in a working-class neighbourhood of Toronto. The serendipitous discovery of a $300,000 cheque left behind by one of Jo’s one-night stands sends Jo’s mother Marcie, optimistic but exhausted, and stripper Amie, Jo’s friend and colleague, into a furious conjecture on how to use the money – if at all. Her Inside Life is a moving story introducing Violet, an unbalanced widow under house arrest for committing a serious crime and looking to regain the respect of her daughter and social worker, who visit regularly. The reappearance of Leo – a man Violet thought she had killed – offers an odd opportunity for the main character to prove she has her wits about her and doesn’t belong in the asylum. Kill the Poor, this collection’s last chapter, is an intense comedy portraying a couple struggling for money and recuperating from a serious car accident. But what if the expected settlement changes the couple’s life for the better? A hired detective and a building custodian provide help … but the mysterious driver of the other car in their accident makes a comeback. For the worse. Altogether, George F. Walker’s People Live Here complete the Parkdale Palace trilogy of plays dealing with issues of social justice and uniting heart, humour, and a contemporary reflection on human inequalities.