{"product_id":"9781559365697","title":"The Penitent (TCG Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The finest American author of his generation.\"—\u003cem\u003eSunday Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[David Mamet's] writing, like his life, brings an intellectual sensibility to a working-class world. Mamet employs Aristotle's rules of drama to write about petty thieves and sleazy salesmen; he composes free verse out of grunts, sighs, obscenities and sentence fragments. In both his stark writing style and his fascination with the male tribe . . . Mamet resembles Ernest Hemingway more, perhaps, than any writer of his generation.\"—\u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Penitent \u003c\/em\u003efollows the story of an acclaimed psychiatrist who refuses to testify in court on behalf of his patient—an act that might undo everything he's worked for. Here, David Mamet is in his wheelhouse—examining and undermining systems of power and the impact they have on individuals caught in their grasp. An exciting return for this playwright to the Atlantic Theater Company, which he helped found in 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Mamet\u003c\/strong\u003e is an American playwright, director and screenwriter whose most notable works include \u003cem\u003eGlengarry Glen Ross \u003c\/em\u003e(Pulitzer Prize for Drama), \u003cem\u003eAmerican Buffalo, Speed-the-Plow, Oleanna, November, Race\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Anarchist\u003c\/em\u003e. Besides the film adaptations for his plays, his major screenwriting credits include\u003cem\u003e The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Verdict, Rising Sun, Wag the Dog\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHannibal\u003c\/em\u003e. Over the course of his prolific career, Mamet has earned Tony Award nominations, Academy Award nominations, Drama Desk Awards and \"Screenwriter of the Year\" from the London Critics Circle Film Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053931970800,"sku":"9781559365697","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781559365697_p0.jpg?v=1763786605","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781559365697","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}