The Old Religion

David Mamet

earliest edition we have, 1997 Free Press, 1997 194 pages

The Old Religion is a novel based on actual events: the 1914 trial of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager in Georgia falsely accused of raping and murdering a young white Southern girl. Convicted by the perjured testimony of the actual killer and the lies of other factory girls, the mild-mannered Frank hears himself portrayed as a leering sexual predator while outside the courthouse a frenzied demagogue whips the cro...

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The Old Religion paperback · 2002 · Overlook TP · 194 pages · 9781585671908
Old Religion edition · 2000 · Free Press · 9780743213134
The old religion edition · 1998 · Faber · 194 pages · 9780571192601
The old religion edition · 1997 · Free Press · 194 pages

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