David Bell embodies the American dream. He's 28, has survived office coups, scandals, and beaten lesser rivals, to become an extremely successful TV exec. The images that flicker across America's screens, the fantasies that enthrall viewers, they are of his making. But David's dream is turning sour.
David Bell embodies the American dream. He's 28, has survived office coups, scandals, and beaten lesser rivals, to become an extremely successful TV e...
Richard Elster, a retired secret war adviser, has retreated to a forlorn house in a desert. But his planned isolation is interrupted when he is joined by a young filmmaker intent on documenting his experience in a one-take film. The two men sit on the deck, drinking and talking.
Richard Elster, a retired secret war adviser, has retreated to a forlorn house in a desert. But his planned isolation is interrupted when he is joined...
It is a stunningly eventful day in the life of Eric Packer, a multi-billionaire who has recently married the heiress of a vast European fortune. A violent protest is being staged by anti-globalist groups and Eric fears that he may be a target. He is the target, but not by the protestors.
It is a stunningly eventful day in the life of Eric Packer, a multi-billionaire who has recently married the heiress of a vast European fortune. A vio...
This lean, sad, beautiful novel by the bestselling author of 'White Noise' and 'Underworld' is an unsentimental portrayal of marriage, and of the idiosyncracies that both isolate and bind us.
This lean, sad, beautiful novel by the bestselling author of 'White Noise' and 'Underworld' is an unsentimental portrayal of marriage, and of the idio...
The stories in 'The Angel Esmeralda', collected from all five decades of DeLillo's career, show an acknowledged master of the novel in complete command of the short form. Here, DeLillo finds the freedom to represent the wide range of human experience in contemporary America.
The stories in 'The Angel Esmeralda', collected from all five decades of DeLillo's career, show an acknowledged master of the novel in complete comman...
"DeLillo's early-career masterpiece . . . a dense, entertaining, mind-bending boomerang of a book that luxuriates in the language of math and science" LA Times
"DeLillo's early-career masterpiece . . . a dense, entertaining, mind-bending boomerang of a book that luxuriates in the language of math and science"...
Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics, the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin's iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the breadth and diversity of the Penguin Classics library. These collectible editions are dressed in the iconic orange and white tri-band cover design, first created in 1935, while french flaps,...
Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a ...