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The second novel by Don DeLillo author of White Noise winner of the National Book Award and The Silence
At Logos College in West Texas huge young men vacuumpacked into shoulder pads and shiny helmets play football with intense passion During an uncharacteristic winning season the perplexed and distracted running back Gary Harkness has periodic fits of nuclear glee he is fueled and shielded by his fear of and fascination with nuclear conflict Among oddly afflicted and recognizable players the terminologies of football and nuclear warthe language of end zonesbecome interchangeable and their meaning deteriorates as the collegiate year runs its course In this triumphantly funny deeply searching novel Don DeLillo explores the metaphor of football as war with rich original zeal
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