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Underworld

Don DeLillo

Start date: September 1, 2016

Finish date: December 1, 2016

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Jul 03, 2012 GONZA rated it really liked it · review of another edition

sicuramente un capolavoro epico, ma troppo troppo lungo e che si potrebbe riassumere nelle storie di tutti coloro che hanno ruotato intorno ad una pallina da baseball, meglio di Libra che mi era piaciuto ancora meno, ma sicuramente inferiore a Running Dog che invece mi è piaciuto molto.

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Jan 23, 2021 Rosemary rated it liked it · review of another edition

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I appreciate that this is an excellent book, bringing the days of the Cold War to life through some peripherally involved characters and tracing the history of a baseball: a slice of American life from the early 1950s to the 1990s.

But Don DeLillo expects a lot from his readers in terms of remembering names, places and dates - too much for me. I couldn’t keep track of all the jumping around in time, and there were a few short sections consisting of untagged dialogue where I had no idea who was s ...more

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Sep 10, 2011 Harold rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, read-before-i-joined

I'm writing this short review probably 10 years after I read Underworld and fully intend to someday revisit and hopefully modify my three star review upwards. I've seen a comment on a friends review about this NOT being the book to start reading DeLillo with. WELL...it was for me and I think the comment was very astute (Thank you -Krok Zero). Long story short is that the writing was impressive with long areas that held my interest but ultimately I couldn't connect it all together. the only other ...more

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Nov 15, 2014 Kate S rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001-books-to-read, 2016, snow-leopard

I found myself sucked into this tale from page one. It may have benefited from more editing, it was a bit long-winded. But I found for the most part it added to the mood of the book.

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