"Harvard Law School students need to be reminded every so often about our elitism," he adds.

Law School spokesperson Michael Chmura says that the press created a controversy where one did not exist.

"The Boston Globe started it off," Chmura says, referring to an article alleging that the book is a parable about Harvard's history of racial discrimination. "I haven't noticed any reaction [on campus]."

He adds that 25 percent of Law School students are minorities and that 47 percent of this year's entering class were women.

Dahlie declined to comment for this article, while Mamet--author of such well-renowned plays as "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "American Buffalo"--has not given an interview about his book thus far.

That'll Do, Pig

Mamet's book was based on a real-life Henrietta, who also inspired the restaurant Henrietta's Table in the Charles Hotel.

"Henrietta is a legendary, famous pig," says local real estate developer Richard Friedman, her Martha's Vineyard owner.