The Secret Knowledge

"The Left, in addition to its embrace of the false (higher taxes means increased prosperity for all), and its acceptance of the moot as incontrovertible (Global Warming); must account for the incidental effect of the sum of these decisions. This effect is the destruction of our culture."- The Secret Knowledge by David Mamet

A vehement statement from one of the most famous playwrights, directors, and former-brain-dead-liberals of our time.

For the past thirty years, David Mamet has been a controversial and defining force in theater and film, championing the most cherished liberal values along the way. In some of the great movies and plays of our time, his characters have explored the ethics of the business world, embodied the struggles of the oppressed, and faced the flaws of the capitalist system.

But in recent years, Mamet has had a change of heart. He realized that the so-called mainstream media outlets he relied on were irredeemably biased, peddling a hypocritical and deeply flawed worldview. In 2008 he wrote a hugely controversial op-ed for the Village Voice, "Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal,'" in which he methodically eviscerated liberal beliefs. Now, in his new book THE SECRET KNOWLEDGE: On the Dismantling of American Culture (onsale 6/2/2011), he goes much deeper, employing his trademark intellectual force and vigor to take on all the key political and cultural issues of our times, from taxes to religion to political correctness.

Mamet pulls no punches in his art or in his politics. And as a former liberal who woke up, he will win over an entirely new audience of others who have grown irate over America's current direction.

David Mamet is an acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, film director, and essayist. Some of his most famous works include the films The Untouchables, The Verdict, and Wag the Dog, the last two nominated for an Academy Award, and many plays, including American Buffalo and Glengarry Glen Ross, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize