Americans
At the turn of the Twentieth Century, the President of the United States is shot by an anarchist. is the crime a protest against America's imperial ambitions--or a cry for attention by an angry young man? Provocative, edgy, and compelling, the first play by the author of Fast Food Nation and...
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At the turn of the Twentieth Century, the President of the United States is shot by an anarchist. is the crime a protest against America's imperial ambitions--or a cry for attention by an angry young man? Provocative, edgy, and compelling, the first play by the author of Fast Food Nation and Reefer Madness is about patriotism, power, the allure of violence. Brilliantly written, morally complex and chillingly original, Americans explores the origins of the American empire and the imprint it now leaves on the world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141017433 (0141017430)
Publish date: October 30th 2003
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 102
Edition language: English
Schlosser said that he originally wrote this play back in the mid-eighties after he had finished college however despite trying to get it published nobody was really all that interested in it. However, after becoming famous for writing 'Fast Food Nation' and the hysteria that was created by the Sept...