by David Mamet · Little, Brown & Co. · tapa dura · ISBN 9780316543408
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«Make-Believe Town» is David Mamet's collection of essays, published by Little, Brown & Co. in hardcover (207 pages, in English).
Playwright David Mamet brings together fifteen essays on everyday life, art, and politics: his memories as a writer and his days on Broadway, gambling, movies, the portrayal of Jews in Hollywood, and the figure of Richard Nixon. «Girl Copy» and «Lessons to Be Learned from Cards» are two of the book's titles.
The book, subtitled «Essays and Remembrances», appeared in 1996 and corresponds to the first edition.
Recommended for readers interested in the literary essay, theater, and American culture, including a university audience.
David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross (1983) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). He first gained critical acclaim for a trio of 1970s off-Broadway plays: The Duck Variations, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and American Buffalo. His plays Race and The Penitent, respectively, opened on Broadway in 2009 and previewed off-Broadway in 2017.
