Pros: As big and energetic as "Moby Dick" or "Ulysses," this novel is infused with literary energy Cons: DeLillo can't sustain the energy for the entire 827 pages....but give him credit for trying
Underworld by Don DeLillo is huge—huge in the way that the United States is huge. This book, like our nation, is crowded with people, places, events and inexhaustible energy. It’s got jazz, atomic testing, J. Edgar Hoover, flavored condoms,...
Pros: The baseball prologue, the Lenny Bruce scenes, the Hoover scenes, DeLillo's language Cons: Too coincidental, needs better character development
Before I begin detailing some of its problems, I just wanted to say that I enjoyed 'Underworld'. Don DeLillo's use of language is prolific, routinely producing interesting epigrams like the one I stole for my review's title. And I never felt like...
Pros: A huge, brilliant, engrossing novel about almost everything Cons: If you like straight-line narrative, it may not be for you
We're all a little afraid of huge novels, perhaps both awed and irritated at once. How can a book this massive be so brilliant as to be worth my time? On the other hand, wouldn't it be great to get embroiled in a novel you wish would never end, and...
Pros: A Fantastic American Fable for the Next Millenium Cons: None
Wow. Reading DeLillo's Underworld was like taking a TGV across the south of France with Arabic MTV blaring on the television, listening to Madonna sing pseudo-religious pop-songs over drum-and-bass on a minidiscman, drinking an Horchata, smoking a joint...
Pros: Delillo can write a sentence Cons: Jumbled mess of observations, etc.
I have long been a fan of Delillo's work. When people ask of my favorite authors or books, Delillo and White Noise are always near the top. I wish the same could be said for Underworld, but in my mind, the book is a failure.
Pros: one of the best of the century Cons: too long for one airplane ride
Baseball, waste, and buried darkness in the human heart rendered across the last half century of America. This book manages to haunt you well after you've submerged into its depths (including famous bleachers, decaying B-52 bombers, and bombed out...
As its story leaps across both the American landscape and the American timescape, Don DeLillo's "Underworld" attempts no less than to define the America of the second half of the twentieth century. From the innocence of a baseball game to the...
Pros: DeLillo! DeLillo! Cons: Trashy Wannabe Tom Wolfe
The following was written as part of a longer discussion on Underworld. Dig it: Today I'll just mention that I finally figured out what bugs me about Delillo's Underworld. It is the great american mediocre novel. History since Bobby Thomson and the...
Pros: Impress your friends--over 700 pages! Cons: Over 700 pages, but only 20 pages of plot!
I accept that some people love this book, but those people must find plot of minimal importance. There is a very tiny story going on here, but it's not easy to find. While I was reading this book, people asked what it was about, and I was at a loss...
Don DeLillo was awarded the 1999 Jerusalem Prize for a writer whose work expresses the theme of freedom of the individual in society.More at Barnes & Noble.com
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