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Title:
Cosmopolis
Genre:
Literature
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Binding:
Hardcover
Edition:
1st
Narrative:
Third Person
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
209
Number of Chapters:
4
Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:14:32
Synopsis:
DeLillo skates through a day in the life of a brilliant and precocious New Economy billionaire in this study in big money and affectlessness. As one character remarks, 28-year-old Eric Packer ”wants to be one civilization ahead of this one.” But on an April day in the year 2000, Eric’s fortune and life fall apart. The story tracks him as he traverses Manhattan in his stretch limo. His goal: a haircut at Anthony’s, his father’s old barber. But on this day his driver has to navigate a presidential visit, an attack by anarchists and a rapper’s funeral. Meanwhile, the yen is mounting, destroying Eric’s bet against it. The catastrophe liberates Eric’s destructive instinct-he shoots another character and increases his bet. Mostly, the action consists of sequences in the back of the limo （where he stages meetings with his doctor, various corporate officers and a New Economy guru） interrupted by various pit stops. He lunches with his wife of 22 days, Elise Shifrin. He has sex with two women, his art consultant and a bodyguard. He is hit in the face with a pie by a protester. He knows he is being stalked, and the novel stages a final convergence between the ex-tycoon and his stalker.
His spotlighted New Economy icon, Eric, doesn’t work, either as a genius financier or a thinker. The threats posed by the contingencies that he faces cannot lever him out of his recalcitrant one-dimensionality.
His spotlighted New Economy icon, Eric, doesn’t work, either as a genius financier or a thinker. The threats posed by the contingencies that he faces cannot lever him out of his recalcitrant one-dimensionality.
Author:
Don DeLillo
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Publisher:
Penguin
Barcode:
9780743244244
Country:
United States
Place of Printing:
The United States Of America
Publication Date:
2003-01-01
Publication Year:
2003
Number of Copies:
1
Language:
English
Publisher Location:
New York NY
Has Dustcover:
Yes
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$13.99
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-03-30
Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:14:32
