I discovered DeLillo in the 70s during my MFA program when I found Great Jones Street in a remainder bin at a supermarket. I loved it, then Running Dog, then Players which is my all-time favorite of his (I've read about 12 maybe). I wrote to after The Names, I think and got a terrific typed reply which is now in Special Archives at MSU's library along with all my previous author correspondence.
I started The Players recently, I need to try that one again. I like his shorter books (Jones Street, Americana, White Noise) over Libra / Mao / Underworld and th elike
That's been my general sense working through his oeuvre, though the more recent short books like Cosmopolis aren't nearly as good as Players or Mao II.
I discovered DeLillo in the 70s during my MFA program when I found Great Jones Street in a remainder bin at a supermarket. I loved it, then Running Dog, then Players which is my all-time favorite of his (I've read about 12 maybe). I wrote to after The Names, I think and got a terrific typed reply which is now in Special Archives at MSU's library along with all my previous author correspondence.
I started The Players recently, I need to try that one again. I like his shorter books (Jones Street, Americana, White Noise) over Libra / Mao / Underworld and th elike
That's been my general sense working through his oeuvre, though the more recent short books like Cosmopolis aren't nearly as good as Players or Mao II.