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The Names (1982) is the seventh novel of American novelist Don DeLillo. The work, set mostly in Greece, is primarily a series of character studies, interwoven with a plot about a mysterious "language cult" that is behind a number of unexplained murders.
- 339 (Hardback first edition)
- Don DeLillo
- September 12, 1982
- Alfred A. Knopf
1 de ene. de 2001 · Pushing the logic of hippiedom to its extreme, The Names suggests an end point - a nihilistic cult whose reason for being is to murder people whose initials correspond to the names of their locations.
- (4.5K)
- Paperback
17 de jul. de 1989 · A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself, The Names stands with any of DeLillo's more recent and highly acclaimed works. Discover the latest buzz-worthy books, from mysteries and romance to humor and nonfiction. Explore more.
- (280)
- Vintage
- $15.99
“DeLillo’s most accomplished novel.” —Time “Compelling…strange and wonderful and frightening.” —The New Yorker “Exotic, atmospheric, curiously suspenseful, full of characters at once unusual and fully realized…an extraordinarily original and enveloping piece of work.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
- Paperback
11 de abr. de 2012 · A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself, The Names stands with any of DeLillo's more recent and highly acclaimed works.
- (5)
- 0307817180, 9780307817181
- Don DeLillo
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012
James Axton is an American free-lance writer working out of Athens as a part-time risk analyst for a shadowy conglomerate selling political-risk insurance, mostly to large companies fearful of having a foreign base of operations collapse on them (just as Iran is doing right then, in the novel).
11 de abr. de 2012 · A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself, The Names stands with any of DeLillo's more recent and highly acclaimed works.
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