Critical Compendium » David Mamet: A Life in the Theatre, by Ira Nadel
David Mamet: A Life in the Theatre, by Ira Nadel

“Any biographer trying to make sense of such a far-flung body of work faces a difficult task — one made more urgent when the subject happens to be the greatest American playwright of his generation. First to attempt the feat is Ira Nadel, a professor of English at the University of British Columbia, who has also written books on Tom Stoppard, Leonard Cohen and James Joyce. With “David Mamet” clocking in under 280 pages, notes and all, it would have taken a miracle of compression to do justice to every facet of Mamet’s life, especially with Mamet still living it.” Read the review at the New York Times.

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