DeLillo (Don) White Noise
£250
London, Picador, 1985.
First UK hardback edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
The eighth novel by Underworld author Don DeLillo; widely considered DeLillo’s breakout work, it won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction, was included in Time’s List of the 100 Best Novels and is generally regarded as a cornerstone example of postmodern literature.
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A very good copy in very good jacket.
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