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Mao II

byDon DeLillo

Who is this book for? Readers interested in contemporary literature that explores complex themes of art, identity, and political violence.

Topics ArtTerrorMassesIndividualism
MoodReflective, Mysterious
HumorOccasional Humor
RomanceMinor Subplot
ViolenceModerate
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, Mao II is the work of an ingenious writer at the height of his powers.Bill Gray, a famous, reclusive novelist, emerges from his isolation when he becomes the key figure in an event staged to force the release of a poet hostage in Beirut.As Bill enters the world of political violence, a nightscape of Semtex explosives and hostages locked in basement rooms, Bill's dangerous passage leaves two people stranded: his brilliant, fixated assistant, Scott, and the strange young woman who is Scott's lover – and Bill's.An extraordinary novel from Don DeLillo about words and images, novelists and terrorists, the mass mind and the arch-individualist, Mao II explores a world in which the novelist's power to influence the inner life of a culture now belongs to bomb-makers and gunmen.Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Language

en

Published on

24/11/2022

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781529092110

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