Lägg till bokmärkeEnd Zone
Gary Harkness is a football player and student at Logos College, West Texas. During a season of unprecedented success on the football field, he becomes increasingly obsessed with the threat of nuclear war. Both frightened and fascinated by the prospect, he listens to his team-mates discussing match tactics in much the same terms as military generals might contemplate global conflict. Offering a timely and topical look at human beings' obsession with conflict and confrontation, "End Zone" is a... (show more)
Gary Harkness is a football player and student at Logos College, West Texas. During a season of unprecedented success on the football field, he becomes increasingly obsessed with the threat of nuclear war. Both frightened and fascinated by the prospect, he listens to his team-mates discussing match tactics in much the same terms as military generals might contemplate global conflict. Offering a timely and topical look at human beings' obsession with conflict and confrontation, "End Zone" is a clever, playful and, above all, funny novel, which confirms DeLillo's status as one of the great American writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and reaffirms the unerring incisive accuracy of his portrayal of the modern world. (show less)
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I could tell that this was one of his earlier books - the style that I've seen and loved in the others I've read ('White Noise', 'Players') isn't really refined. It's funny. It's sardonic. It's good, don't get me wrong, but if I had read this one first, I don't know if I'd have read any more. The characters are all pretty hilarious - it's one of those books where you feel like you know someone who fits every picture. The plot doesn't really go anywhere (at least not in the direction I thought... (show more)
I could tell that this was one of his earlier books - the style that I've seen and loved in the others I've read ('White Noise', 'Players') isn't really refined. It's funny. It's sardonic. It's good, don't get me wrong, but if I had read this one first, I don't know if I'd have read any more. The characters are all pretty hilarious - it's one of those books where you feel like you know someone who fits every picture. The plot doesn't really go anywhere (at least not in the direction I thought it was going to go). And I'm curious about this movie, because I don't know how well it will work. I still love DeLillo, though. (show less)
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Strange and funny, but the book is clearly of its time -- the football / nuclear war parallels don't resonate as much today as I'm sure they did thirty years ago. My favorite part, strangely enough, was the actual descriptions of the football games. Though it could just be that I'm eager for the football season to start.
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