Mao II: A Novel

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hmm...interesting.

didn't understand the point of it...but dont tell my english prof that.

Some of the most eloquent prose our dearest Don has written. The book is very much a continuation of those similar themes of societal terrorism and collective consiousness existing in his earlier works (i.e. Players, Running dog, White Noise). With Mao II, however, an intensely lyrical quality pushes the thematic elements even further into a realm of deeper and unsettling understanding. This is...more

Some of the most eloquent prose our dearest Don has written. The book is very much a continuation of those similar themes of societal terrorism and collective consiousness existing in his earlier works (i.e. Players, Running dog, White Noise). With Mao II, however, an intensely lyrical quality pushes the thematic elements even further into a realm of deeper and unsettling understanding. This is how the book succeeds in the end--it allows you to accept the shaking fear and strangeness of its expository elements by being so engagingly musical. Consider the novel an exercise in extracting the peaceful mantra from the full chaotic violence of existense. In DeLillo's world, there is a truly terrific puppeteer at work who may at first go unnoticed because we are too busy focusing on the wrong things like a necessarily over-fed "media culture" should.   hide