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White Noise
by Don DeLillo
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine, foxing to top of text block, toning to edges of boards, trace soiling, trifle edgeworn. Sound binding and bright, cle/Near Fine unclipped jacket, trifle toned and edgeworn, else fine.
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About This Item
New York: Viking Penguin Inc, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover octavo, silver stamped titling to quarter white cloth over gray boards, 326 pp. Near Fine, foxing to top of text block, toning to edges of boards, trace soiling, trifle edgeworn. Sound binding and bright, clean leaves./Near Fine unclipped jacket, trifle toned and edgeworn, else fine.. Jacket Design by Neil Stuart. Beautiful First Edition of DeLillo's most enduring and best known novel, widely considered to be his masterpiece.
Synopsis
Don DeLillo is an American author, playwright, and essayist. His novel, White Noise won the National Book Award in 1985. The book is essentially about America’s fear of death, but touches upon almost every essence of modern culture as well. It tells the life story of Jack Gladney, a professor of Hitler studies at a small college. He and his wife have four children from previous marriages and live with an excessive amount of fear, especially of their own demise. Jack's fear of technology turns out to be justified when a toxic chemical cloud is released in the area and he is terminally poisoned. The book is an unforgettable experience and an adventurous exploration into American culture.
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 648
- Title
- White Noise
- Author
- Don DeLillo
- Illustrator
- Jacket Design by Neil Stuart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover octavo, silver stamped titling to quarter white cloth over gray boards, 326 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine, foxing to top of text block, toning to edges of boards, trace soiling, trifle edgeworn. Sound binding and bright, cle
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine unclipped jacket, trifle toned and edgeworn, else fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking Penguin Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Adam Driver
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