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Title: HOUSE OF GAMES
By: David Mamet
Format: Paperback

List price: £10.99


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ISBN 10: 0802130283
ISBN 13: 9780802130280
Publisher: GROVE PRESS / ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS
Pub. date: 14 January, 1994
Description: House of Games is a psychological thriller in which a young woman psychiatrist falls prey to an elaborate and ingenious con game by one of her patients who entraps her in a series of criminal escapades. Ties in with movie to be released in September. 8 pages of black-and-white photographs.
Synopsis: Playwright David Mamet's brilliant debut as a film director, House of Games is a psychological thriller in which a young woman psychiatrist falls prey to an elaborate and ingenious con game by one of her patients, who entraps her--with her own subconscious connivance--in a series of criminal escapades. It is a breathless roller-coaster ride of a movie that keeps springing one bizarre surprise after another, sustaining suspense with dazzling audacity. The unsuspecting audience is lured into a psychological and moral thicket of troubling implications, which bear the unmistakable imprint of Mamet's intensely personal vision.
Illustrations: Illustrations, black and white
Publication: US
Imprint: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Returns: Non-returnable
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