American Buffalo
by David Mamet
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Author: David MametEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-01-11
ISBN: 0802150578
Number of pages: 106
Publisher: Grove Press
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Book Review: More than an american classic: a world classic!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The dialogue-writing of David Mamet is second to none and his writing has never been better than in American Buffalo. On the surface this drama is just a simple story of a couple of hustlers planning to steal a rare coin, but they are in way over their heads. The story is pretty interesting in itself, but the real quality of the play is the snappy dialogue and the fascinating relationsships between the three characters. It's more than funny, it's hilarious, but with an underlying tragic tone that makes the reader (or the audience -if the production is good)a little bit wiser on life and human relations. It's actually a modern version of "Wating for Godot". Don't watch the film: read the play -it's far better.
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