Research Catalog

Title

Jafsie and John Henry : essays / David Mamet.

Author

Mamet, David.

Publication

New York : Free Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Details

Description

xv, 171 pages; 23 cm

Summary

• David Mamet has said that if he hadn't found a life in the theater, it is very likely he would have become a criminal. In Jafsie and John Henry the master improviser takes on a range of roles and personae in a lively and personal way. Mamet in this diverse collection turns his unique lens on subjects ranging from houses to Hollywood producers.
• As the writer turns fifty, he not only shares his reflections on the nature of creativity and the challenges and rewards of aging but delves into his most intimate obsessions. From a description of the labyrinthine psychology of poker to sharp sallies on moviemaking gibberish and the meaning of macho, Jafsie and John Henry is knit together by Mamet's unique perspective and inimitably spare wit.
• The perennial outsider, David Mamet gives us an inside look at the unique world of an American icon and an unromantic perspective on the changing nature of creativity in an artist's life.

Contents

Looking at Fifty -- Five-Mile Walk -- Salad Days -- Black Cashmere Sweater -- Cops and Cars -- Six Hours of Perfect Poker -- Scotch Malt Whisky Society -- Knives -- Caps -- Photographs -- The New House -- Producers -- L. A. Homes -- Karmann Ghia -- Smash Cut -- The Screenplay and the State Fair -- Bad Boys -- Resorts -- Noach -- The Fireman's Child -- Poor But Happy -- Brompton Cocktail -- Why Don't You Write with a Computer? -- Race Driving School -- Domicile -- December 24 -- Late Season Hunt.

ISBN

0684841207

LCCN

98049040

OCLC

ocm40193756

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries