Fans of DeLillo enjoy his biting wit and clean style, with Postmodern elements that never interfere with readability. His mid-80's novel White Noise, winner of the National Book Award, has the added benefit of being very funny, despite its dark theme. The book is a snapshot (or maybe I should say a sound bite) of late 20th Century America, with all its innanities, oddities, fears, ironies, etc. The book is roughly split into two parts - before and after an environmental catastrophe (airborne toxic event) that affects the lives of the people living in the small midwestern university town, in particular, the family of J.A.K Gladney, Professor of Hitler Studies at College-on-the-Hill. In my opinion, it will make a DeLillo fan of you if you have not yet discovered this great contemporary voice.
Click here for a review of the book from the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/13/books/delillo-noise.html?pagewanted=all
Click here for a review of the book from the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/13/books/delillo-noise.html?pagewanted=all
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