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In the Black review – rewarding drama about the Faustian pact of big business

Underbelly, Bristo Square, Edinburgh
Quaz Degraft draws on his knowledge of high finance for these misadventures in a material, misogynist world

You don’t hear much about the American dream these days, but for Kofi Grady, a first generation Ghanaian American, the opportunity for betterment in the land of the free is real. Brought up by a disciplinarian father whose definition of success is not just money but job security, he is a young graduate who puts his mathematical skills to work in a trillion-dollar financial company.

Driving him is the sense of comfort and control he experienced as a teenage joyrider in a high-performance car. What he never had he craves the most.

At Underbelly, Bristo Square, Edinburgh, until 31 August

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