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Mao II
Mao II
Author: Don DeLillo
(1992 PEN/FAULKER AWARD) In MAO II, Don DeLillo presents an extraordinary new novel about words and images, novelists and terrorists, the mass mind and the arch-individualist. At the heart of the book is Bill Gray, a famous reclusive writer who escapes the failed novel he has been working on for many years and enters the world of political vio...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140152746
ISBN-10: 0140152741
Publication Date: 5/1/1992
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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DeLillo blew my mind with White Noise, one of my top 5 favorite books of all time. Since then I've read Underworld, Falling Man, Cosmopolis, The Body Artist, and recently Mao II. I fear the Law of Diminishing Returns is in effect with DeLillo. Nothing, not even Underworld, has come close to being as cool or stimulating as White Noise. There are a few good passages and impressive turns of phrase in this book, but ultimately it doesn't hang together well at all, especially regarding the plot. I finished the book and wondered what the point of it all was. I would not recommend this book. I'd recommend White Noise instead.


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