Book Description:
Jafsie and John Henry: Essays by David Mamet contains the influential playwright's penetrating and entertaining take on Hollywood, bad boys and six hours of perfect poker - and much else besides.
About the Author:
David Mamet is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of many plays, including Sexual Perversity in Chicago, American Buffalo, Glengarry Glen Ross, and Oleanna. His screenplays include The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Verdict, Hoffa, The Untouchables, House of Games, The Spanish Prisoner, and Wag the Dog. He is also the author of a children's book, Warm and Cold; five volumes of essays, including Some Freaks and Writing In Restaurants; a book of poems; and several novels, including Wilson, The Village, and The Old Religion. He has served as Artist-in-Residence at Goddard College, Artistic Director of the St. Nicholas Theatre Company, guest lecturer at the University of Chicago, and Associate Professor of Film at Columbia University. He lives in Vermont.
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