Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

“Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must escalate, like a fire searching for air.”

The man who won the Pulitzer Prize for GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, who wrote the classic films THE VERDICT and WAG THE DOG sounds his alarm about the Visigoths at our gates.

In RECESSIONAL he calls out, skewers, mocks, and, most importantly, dissects the virus of conformity which is now an existential threat to the West.

A broad-ranging journey through history, the Bible, and literature, RECESSIONAL examines how politics and cultural attitudes about rebellion have shifted in the United States in the last generation. By screaming down freedom of thought and expression, Mamet explains, we kill invention and democracy – the foundations of security and growth.

A wickedly funny, wistful and wry appeal to the free-thinking citizen, RECESSIONAL is a vital warning that if we don’t confront the cultural thuggery now, the commissars and their dupes will transform the Land of the Free into the dictatorship at which they aim.

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Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

“Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must escalate, like a fire searching for air.”

The man who won the Pulitzer Prize for GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, who wrote the classic films THE VERDICT and WAG THE DOG sounds his alarm about the Visigoths at our gates.

In RECESSIONAL he calls out, skewers, mocks, and, most importantly, dissects the virus of conformity which is now an existential threat to the West.

A broad-ranging journey through history, the Bible, and literature, RECESSIONAL examines how politics and cultural attitudes about rebellion have shifted in the United States in the last generation. By screaming down freedom of thought and expression, Mamet explains, we kill invention and democracy – the foundations of security and growth.

A wickedly funny, wistful and wry appeal to the free-thinking citizen, RECESSIONAL is a vital warning that if we don’t confront the cultural thuggery now, the commissars and their dupes will transform the Land of the Free into the dictatorship at which they aim.

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Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch

Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch

by David Mamet
Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch

Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch

by David Mamet

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

“Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must escalate, like a fire searching for air.”

The man who won the Pulitzer Prize for GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, who wrote the classic films THE VERDICT and WAG THE DOG sounds his alarm about the Visigoths at our gates.

In RECESSIONAL he calls out, skewers, mocks, and, most importantly, dissects the virus of conformity which is now an existential threat to the West.

A broad-ranging journey through history, the Bible, and literature, RECESSIONAL examines how politics and cultural attitudes about rebellion have shifted in the United States in the last generation. By screaming down freedom of thought and expression, Mamet explains, we kill invention and democracy – the foundations of security and growth.

A wickedly funny, wistful and wry appeal to the free-thinking citizen, RECESSIONAL is a vital warning that if we don’t confront the cultural thuggery now, the commissars and their dupes will transform the Land of the Free into the dictatorship at which they aim.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780063158993
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 04/05/2022
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 298,147
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

David Mamet is one of the foremost American playwrights. He has won a Pulitzer prize and received Tony nominations for his plays, Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. His screenwriting credits include The Verdict and The Untouchables.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

The Fountain Pen 5

Cause and Effect 11

Reds, Pinks, and Goo-Goos 17

What's in a Name 23

Pippa Passes 29

King Kong 33

Some (Mainly) Musical Revelations 37

Two Hangings 41

Various Discoveries 45

Farther Along; or, The Accident Chain 51

On the Passivity of Jews 55

Bruno Bettelheim and the Broke-Down Cowboy: Two American Stories 61

Attention Must Be Paid 67

Experts and Oligarchs 71

Slave Lessons 75

Belinda Raguesto Returns from Switzerland 81

Hamlet and Oedipus Meet the Zombies 89

A Message from Schpershevski 95

Chelm; or, No Arrest for the Wicked 101

Some Linguistic Curiosities 105

The Nazis Got Your Mom 113

Demotic, a Confession 119

Grief and Wisdom 127

Time Travel 133

Moby Dick 139

Real Live 143

Rainy Day Fun for Shut-Ins: Xmas 2020 147

Give My Regrets to Broadway 155

Broadway 159

Gags 167

Humility 173

Max the Hamster 177

Disons le Mot 183

Art, Time, and the Madness of the Old 189

Tug-of-Peace 193

The Awl Through the Ear 197

Goodnight, Irene 203

Recessional 209

Acknowledgments 215

Index 217

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