Six Degrees of Separation

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Six Degrees of Separation (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)

In Six Degrees of Separation, a young black man named Paul educates himself in order to pull off a daring scam. He enlists the aid of a high-school friend and accumulates the addresses of a number of wealthy New York families. He becomes familiar with the names of family members, their possessions, and customs. He is trained by the friend, now a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), to speak the language of the upper class. Fully armed with a knowledge of upper-class tribal customs and rites, he passes himself off as a friend of the families’ offspring...

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• John Guare (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
• John Guare (Drama)

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