{"product_id":"recessional-the-death-of-free-speech-and-the-cost-of-a-free-lunch-9780063158993","title":"Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must escalate, like a fire searching for air.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn RECESSIONAL he calls out, skewers, mocks, and, most importantly, dissects the virus of conformity which is now an existential threat to the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMamet, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDavid Mamet first won recognition with his 1976 plays \u003cem\u003eSexual Perversity in Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAmerican Buffalo\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1984, he won the Pulitzer Prize for \u003cem\u003eGlengarry Glen Ross\u003c\/em\u003e. Among his many other acclaimed and prize-winning plays are \u003cem\u003eSpeed the Plow\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOleanna\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Old Neighborhood\u003c\/em\u003e. His feature film debut as a writer-director was the classic \u003cem\u003eHouse of Games;\u003c\/em\u003e his other films as writer-director include \u003cem\u003eHomicide\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Spanish Prisoner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e State and Main\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSpartan\u003c\/em\u003e. He has also won acclaim for numerous screenplays, including \u003cem\u003eThe Verdict\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWag the Dog, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Postman Always Rings Twice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Untouchables\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHoffa\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Edge\u003c\/em\u003e. A Chicago native, he lives in Santa Monica, California. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadside Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525782278418,"sku":"9780063158993","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ade41ac-d37e-4133-ae6e-1a0b6d129288.jpg?v=1731238260","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/recessional-the-death-of-free-speech-and-the-cost-of-a-free-lunch-9780063158993","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}