Twelve angry men
By: Reginald Rose ; introduction by David Mamet.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
ISBN-13: 9780143104407; 9780143104407
Subjects: Legal drama, American
Other titles: 12 angry men
Description: "A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic belief in the U.S. legal system. The story's focal point, known only as Juror Eight, is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote. Eight sets his sights not on proving the other jurors wrong but rather on getting them to look at the situation in a clear-eyed way not affected by their personal biases. Rose deliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men and allows a fuller picture of America, at its best and worst, to form."--Publisher description.
Notes: Originally published: U.S.A. :Dramatic Pub., 1955.