Mao II
by Don DeLillo
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"One of the most intelligent, grimly funny voices to comment on life in present-day America" (The New York Times), Don DeLillo presents an extraordinary new novel about words and images, novelists and terrorists, the mass mind and the arch-individualist. At the heart of the book is Bill Gray, a famous reclusive writer who escapes the failed novel he has been working on for many years and enters the world of political violence, a nightscape of Semtex explosives and hostages locked in basement rooms. Bill's dangerous passage leaves two people stranded: his brilliant, fixated assistant, Scott, and the strange young woman who is Scott's lover—and Bill's.
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- Who wrote Mao II?
Mao II is by Don DeLillo. The catalogue records its first publication in 1991. A later edition may have a different publication date on its copyright page.
- How long is Mao II?
The catalogue records 256 pages for a representative edition. Pagination varies with the publisher, format, type size and translation, so check the edition you intend to read.
