{"product_id":"recessional-by-david-mamet-9780063158993","title":"Recessional","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe man who won the Pulitzer Prize for \u003cem\u003eGlengarry Glen Ross\u003c\/em\u003e, who wrote the classic films \u003cem\u003eThe Verdict\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWag the Dog\u003c\/em\u003e, sounds his alarm about the Visigoths at our gates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRecessional\u003c\/em\u003e, 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\n\n\u003cp\u003eA broad-ranging journey through history, the Bible, and literature, \u003cem\u003eRecessional\u003c\/em\u003e 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\n\n\u003cp\u003eA wickedly funny, wistful, and wry appeal to the free-thinking citizen, \u003cem\u003eRecessional\u003c\/em\u003e 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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46551173693676,"sku":"9780063158993","price":53.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12794033482210.jpg?v=1749992991","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/recessional-by-david-mamet-9780063158993","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}