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Written by acclaimed playwright and director David Mamet, Glengarry escorts us to Chicago-- the author's native city. The story revolves around a sales contest, initiated by the real estate agency at which all the characters are employed. The vicious competition that ensues culminates in crime and betrayal as the agents manipulate each other in a struggle to climb to the top of the office pecking order...
...Mamet, on the other hand, professed ignorance of Clinton's alleged problems...
...Mamet's book is the story of an enterprising pig who overcomes discrimination--with the help of a vagabond philosopher--to become the first of her species to attend Harvard Law School and sit on the United States Supreme Court...
...Mamet said in his remarks that Henrietta succeeds because she is "persistent, compassionate and well-read," qualities the Pulitzer-Prize winner attributed to Clinton as well...
Clinton returned the praise, commenting that Mamet's character is "very true to [the real] Henrietta...