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| Verlag | Macmillan Publishers International |
| Auflage | 2011 |
| Seiten | 224 |
| Format | 19,7 cm |
| Gewicht | 167 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 0330524933 |
| EAN | 9780330524933 |
| Bestell-Nr | 33052493EA |
A mesmeric tour de force of character rendered with DeLillo\'s typical stylistic brilliance, intelligence and wit becomes a warning for the global future.
Klappentext:
Eric Packer is a twenty-eight-year-old multi-billionaire asset manager. We join him on what will become a particularly eventful April day in turn-of-the-twenty-first-century Manhattan. He\'s on a personal odyssey, to get a haircut. Sitting in his stretch limousine as it moves across town, he finds the city at a virtual standstill because the President is visiting, a rapper\'s funeral is proceeding, and a violent protest is being staged in Times Square by anti-globalist groups. Most worryingly, Eric\'s bodyguards are concerned that he may be a target . . .
An electrifying study in affectlessness, infused with deep cynicism and measured detachment; a harsh indictment of the life-denying tendencies of capitalism; as brutal a dissection of the American dream as Wolfe\'s Bonfire or Ellis\'s Psycho, Don DeLillo\'s Cosmopolis is a caustic prophecy all too quickly realized.
Rezension:
America\'s greatest living writer. Observer
