Katurian: But you said he would be fine. You gave me your word.

The screaming stops.

Tupolski: Katurian. I am a high-ranking police officer in a totalitarian fucking dictatorship. What are you doing taking my word about anything?

Despite the topic (fiction writer gets picked up by the police, questioned about the themes of his work in connection to local child murders), this play is hysterical. And, you know, horrifying. I want to see this on stage.