In The Agony of Shopping and Other Plays, Vince takes us on a roller coaster ride of the soul where flashes of light, nobility, and hope are intermingled with shadows of decadence, greed, and despair. ""An amazing admixture of doubt and faith within the context of money-making."" --Robert Heilbroner, Author of The Worldly Philosophers In the 1960s Vince Riccardi studied drama, philosophy, and theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. When the final bloom of the flower children faded . . . he became a business broker selling beer joints, liquor stores, and cocktail lounges.