Mao II
19 May 2016Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, Mao II is the work of an ingenious writer at the height of his powers.
Bill Gray, a famous, reclusive novelist, emerges from his isolation when he becomes the key figure in an event staged to force the release of a poet hostage in Beirut.
As Bill enters the world of political violence, a nightscape of Semtex...
Details
19 May 2016256 pages
9781509837892Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A beauty. . . Delillo takes us on a breathtaking journey, beyond the official versions of our daily history, behind all easy assumptions about who we're supposed to be, with a vision as bold and a voice as eloquent and morally focused as any in American writingThomas Pynchon
A work of fiction not merely astonishingly fitting for our times, but rich and rewarding for anyone wishing to understand themSunday Times
