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In don delillo s novel great jones street, the main character, bucky wunderlick, a rock star and budding messiah is holed up in a crummy room on new yorks great jones street until he somehow regains his will to go on. From the author of white noise winner of the national book award and zero k bucky wunderlick, rock star and budding messiah, has hit a spiritual wall. Perhaps the only natural law attaching to true fame is that the famous man is compelled, eventually, to commit suicide, delillo writes, with eerie foresight. Download the book don delillo great jones street for free in a convenient format epub, pdf, fb2, mobi. Well, theres the occasional visit from his girlfriend and members of his rock group and hawkers connected with a happy valley commune yammering about a future miracle drug, enough visits to keep his. Mid tour he leaves his rock band and holes up in a dingy east village apartment, in great jones street. Delillo doesnt have an ear for rock lyrics or at least didnt in the early 70s. Hes always 3 steps ahead, taking every idea to its logical conclusion and often beyond. He has won the national book award, the penfaulkner award for fiction, the jerusalem prize for his complete body of work, and the william dean howells medal from the american academy of arts and letters. Great jones street by delillo, don and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. May 06, 2016 i dont see the glimmer of don delillo in this book, but then im not the best person to ask. Don delillo is a great american novelist, essayist, and a playwright. In midtour he bolts from his band to hole up in a dingy east village apartment and separate himself from the paranoid machine that propels the.
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