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Never has the author’s ear for the rhythms of contemporary speech been keener than in this tale of cutthroat real estate salesmen competing against each other. One suavely vicious salesman, Richard Roma, is in the lead for the monthly sales award: a new Cadillac. Former top salesman Shelly Levene is riding a streak of bad luck he hopes to turn around. All are dependent on an office manager named Williamson to give them the vital leads to new customers, and Williamson pits them against each other to drive up sales. In the first act, the salesmen vie for position as they gulp their cocktails in the local Chinese restaurant. The second act becomes a sort of “who has done it” as the scene shifts to the office, where a burglary has taken place. The promising Glengarry Glen Ross leads were filched the night before, possibly by one of the salesmen. In the end, Williamson screws Roma out of his car and nabs the bag man.
