“Abrams approaches Mamet through the intersections of private life, artistic creation, religion, ethnicity, and politics, treating them not as separate biographical compartments but as mutually illuminating forces. A revealing portrait of the tensions from which Mamet’s art emerged and remain difficult to resolve.”

– Booklist

“Tracing the remarkable career and political transformation of the famed American playwright. Examining Mamet’s turbulent Chicago upbringing, theatrical career, two marriages, prolific work in theater and film, embrace of Judaism, and political conversion, Abrams effectively documents Mamet’s impressive rise.”

– Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Nathan Abrams’s Kubrick: An Odyssey:

"The filmmaker emerges from this biography as a contradictory and enigmatic man. Fanlike in their deep respect for his work, the authors describe his perfectionism in relentless detail.”

– The Wall Street Journal

"In this wide-ranging new biography, Kubrick's life and work are explored through private documents and interviews with his friends and family to help tell the largely unknown story of a man whose work helped define our culture.”

– Town & Country

"An authoritative portrait of the director. Filled with striking behind-the-scenes stories and elevated by a keen understanding of Kubrick’s style, this is a biography as monumental as its subject.”

– Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Kolker and Abrams have broken new ground and achieved what many of us thought was impossible. That of supplying us with absolutely everything one could ever want to know about Stanley Kubrick.”

– Todd Field

“This thorough, detailed and fascinating biography should be commended for looking into areas of Kubrick’s personal and professional life that have never previously been discussed, as well as offering lucid critical commentary on his films, their themes and his reputation.”

– The Guardian

"Drawing on access to the Kubrick archive, Kolker and Abrams have unearthed some superb new facts about the director.”

– The TImes (London)

"An in-depth biography about filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. An admiring look at a fascinating figure. Likely to be the definitive word on Kubrick for years to come.”

– Library Journal

"This book adds considerably to our knowledge of both the man and his masterpieces. Kubrick left the world his remarkable, enduring films, and this volume pays homage to his considerable legacy. A welcome new biography of a cinematic genius.”

– Kirkus Reviews