false 28704 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 28704 10 930895 1977 Players total:229|5:13|4:63|3:98|2:52|1:3| 229 718 327 21 233 3.66 29323 2964 80215871 1711213 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.10 198 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 3 0 false Mon Dec 07 15:41:15 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 20:50:18 -0800 2009 Players, a novel with the admittedly cliché plot focused on a bored, young, rich couple who try to shock themselves in the further clichéd manner of engaging in affairs (albeit a strange ones) and (in the case of one half of the couple) in the more DeLillion manner of joining a terrorist cell. ...more...]]> 51254227 848848 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 3 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 08:18:31 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 08:27:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 18806925 76519 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 3 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 27 18:39:54 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 15:03:31 -0700 2008 PLAYERS pushes dialogue to meaninglessness, an experiment in how far afield our hip and close-quartered patois can go, how completely empty of sense. a combination of zen cases, wiseguy assholisms, and andy kaufman-rejected punchlines, delillo tirelessly (but we may tire...more...]]> 8226308 395634 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 3 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 08:31:53 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 16 13:21:44 -0800 2007 more...]]> 48721556 1366051 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 2 0 false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 13:37:36 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 14:00:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 46019710 2017693 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 4 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 11 06:08:44 -0800 2009 Sat Sep 05 19:41:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 51362295 2169934 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 2 0 false Thu Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 03 06:28:16 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 06:28:16 -0700 2009 38450675 1743033 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 1 0 false Sun Nov 23 09:22:14 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 09:22:23 -0800 2008 78303869 2131077 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 3 0 false Thu Nov 19 06:28:48 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 13:03:09 -0800 2009 79140663 947209 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 4 0 false Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 14:14:55 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 11:23:38 -0800 2009 72464443 1652316 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 2 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Fri Sep 25 11:29:31 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 11:29:51 -0700 2009 17735098 962551 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 4 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Mar 14 07:41:42 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 07:51:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 52971884 1555901 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 2 0 false Thu Apr 16 19:37:26 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 19:38:39 -0700 2009 181958 13218 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 3 0 false Tue Mar 06 18:42:36 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 06 18:44:58 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5491447 89167 774148 0679722939 9780679722939 4 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178232996m/774148.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178232996s/774148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774148.Players 3.38 29 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 13:12:19 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 08:17:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 33882516 1109377 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 4 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 06:58:01 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 07:40:48 -0700 2008
a good companion book to 'great jones street,' 'running dog,' 'mao II' an...more...]]> 12630376 190361 774148 0679722939 9780679722939 4 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178232996m/774148.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178232996s/774148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774148.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 19:05:43 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 14:22:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 12921237 635936 774148 0679722939 9780679722939 4 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178232996m/774148.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178232996s/774148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774148.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 2 0 false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Jan 19 15:06:42 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 15:16:25 -0800 2008 9406182 1224 774148 0679722939 9780679722939 4 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178232996m/774148.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178232996s/774148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774148.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 2 0 false Wed Nov 21 14:01:16 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 13:58:28 -0800 2007 17416889 953075 28704 0099928507 9780099928508 17 <![CDATA[Players]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056m/28704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955056s/28704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28704.Players 3.14 229 Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory "satisfaction" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renown today.

"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions."--New York Times Book Review]]> 1977 2 0 false Sun Mar 09 21:13:36 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 09 21:13:59 -0700 2008 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=28704