American Buffalo Summary and Reviews

American Buffalo
by David Mamet

American Buffalo
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Author: David Mamet
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-01-11
ISBN: 0802150578
Number of pages: 106
Publisher: Grove Press

Book Reviews of American Buffalo

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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