![]() Edgar Hoover, waste disposal, drugs, gangs, Vietnam, fathers and sons, comic Lenny Bruce and the Cuban Missile Crisis. “This is a novel that draws together baseball, the Bomb, J. “A dazzling, phosphorescent work of art.” - Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Underworld then tells the story of Klara Sax and Nick Shay, and of a half century of American life during the Cold War and beyond. The home run that won the game was called the Shot Heard Round the World, and was shadowed by the terrifying news that on the same day, Russia tested its first hydrogen bomb. It opens with a legendary baseball game played between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants in 1951. ![]() *With a new preface by Don DeLillo on the 25th anniversary of publication*ĭon DeLillo's mesmerizing novel was a major bestseller when it was published in 1997 and was the most widely reviewed novel of the year. “A great American novel, a masterpiece, a thrilling page-turner.” - San Francisco Chronicle ![]() One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books ![]() Winner of the Howell’s Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award ![]()
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