Recessional :
by Mamet, David,
Edition statement:First Edition. Published by : Broadside Books, (New York :) Physical details: 227 p. ISBN:9780063159006; 0063159007; 006315899X; 9780063158993.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 300 - 399 | Book Cart | 320.50973 Mam (Browse shelf) | Available | 110175 |
Includes index.
Introduction -- The fountain pen -- Cause and effect -- Reds, pinks, and goo-goos -- What's in a name -- Pippa passes -- King Kong -- Some (mainly) musical revelations -- Two hangings -- Various discoveries -- Farther along; or, The accident chain -- On the passivity of Jews -- Bruno Bettelheim and the broke-down cowboy: two American stories -- Attention must be paid -- Experts and oligarchs -- Slave lessons -- Belinda Raguesto returns from Switzerland -- Hamlet and Oedipus meet the zombies -- A message from Schpershevski -- Chelm; or, No arrest for the wicked -- Some linguistic curiosities -- The Nazis got your mom -- Demotic, a confession -- Grief and wisdom -- Time travel -- Moby Dick -- Real live -- Rainy day fun for shut-ins: Xmas 2020 -- Give my regrets to Broadway -- Broadway -- Gags -- Humility -- Max the hamster -- Disons le mot -- Art, time, and the madness of the old -- Tug-of-peace -- The awl through the ear -- Goodnight, Irene -- Recessional.
"The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of the Free Lunch"-- The author disects the virus of conformity which is now an existential threat to the west.
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