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Edmond

by David Mamet · 1983

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A fortune-teller's teasing rumination sends Edmond lurching into New York City's hellish underworld, his whole life abandoned in a searing quest for self-discovery and redemption.

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Genre
literary fiction
Themes
theatre
Setting
1980snew yorknew york state
Audience
adult
Form
plays

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