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David Mamet is the author of the screenplay 'Wag the Dog,' a brilliant and humorous movie about the dishonesty of modern government and the naivete of the American public. The title says it all. But here he is in a completely different genre. The book is part of a series of volumes commissioned and published by National Geographic about distinctive regions in the US. Mamet takes pen to paper and waxes eloquent about the peculiarities of the people, the history, and the geography of Vermont. I could not put this book down. The pages are filled with humorous social practices, descriptions of native Vermont architecture, and commentary on lessons learned through decades of living in this amazing state. As a warning, the book does contain some content that may be mildly offensive to younger or more sensitive readers. But Mamet also draws on his religious background to offer nuggets of wisdom from the Jewish tradition concerning childrearing, property management, etc. Humor comes easy to Mamet, and he sprinkles the pages of this book with a mixture of profound meditations and light-hearted stories. The book did not make me want to go to Vermont, but it made me feel like I had been there. For those of us with tight budgets and limited time, perhaps no higher compliment could be paid to a work in this series.

2022-11-14 17:57