The Names by Don DeLillo (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Names by Don DeLillo A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Risk analyst James Axton lives in Athens and works across Greece and the Middle East, part of a community of American ex-pats that includes his estranged wife and child. Their peripatetic existence is interrupted when a horrific, unexplained murder on the island of Kouros becomes the catalyst for Axton becoming embroiled in a dizzying conspiracy of ritualistic violence, cultism, and ancient languages. Evocative, complex and beguiling, The Names is another major work from one of the 20th centurys great prose stylists. Author Biography Risk analyst James Axton lives in Athens and works across Greece and the Middle East, part of a community of American ex-pats that includes his estranged wife and child. Their peripatetic existence is interrupted when a horrific, unexplained murder on the island of Kouros becomes the catalyst for Axton becoming embroiled in a dizzying conspiracy of ritualistic violence, cultism, and ancient languages. Evocative, complex and beguiling, The Names is another major work from one of the 20th centurys great prose stylists. Review A serious and complicated novel which deserves praise . . . an outstandingly well-written and constructed book. * Guardian *Compelling . . . strange and wonderful and frightening. * New Yorker * Promotional A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself. Review Quote (previous edition) A serious and complicated novel which deserves praise . . . an outstandingly well-written and constructed book. Review Quote A serious and complicated novel which deserves praise . . . an outstandingly well-written and constructed book. Promotional "Headline" A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself. Details ISBN1529092108 Publisher Pan Macmillan Language English ISBN-10 1529092108 ISBN-13 9781529092103 Format Paperback Pages 416 Series Picador Collection Imprint Picador Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Year 2022 Publication Date 2022-11-24 UK Release Date 2022-11-24 Audience Age 18 Author Don DeLillo DEWEY 813.54 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-03-27 NZ Release Date 2023-03-27 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139142850;

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