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In West Texas, college men play football with intense passion. During a winning season the running back, Gary Harkness, is fuelled by fear of, and fascination with, nuclear conflict. Among players the terminologies of football and nuclear war - the language of end zones - become interchanged.

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Praise for End Zone:

"We've got the real thing in Don DeLillo. This is a wondrous work by an inventive talent."
—The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Wonderful . . . [End Zone] makes one wonder whether there are any limits at all to [DeLillo's] potential growth."
—The New York Times

"Powerfully funny, oblique, testy, and playful, tearing along in dazzling cinematic spurts . . . A masterful novel."
—The Washington Post

"Taut, witty, and resonant. The dialogue is sweaty and true."
—The Boston Globe

End Zone

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/01/1986
      ISBN13: 9780140085686, 978-0140085686
      ISBN10: 0140085688

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In West Texas, college men play football with intense passion. During a winning season the running back, Gary Harkness, is fuelled by fear of, and fascination with, nuclear conflict. Among players the terminologies of football and nuclear war - the language of end zones - become interchanged.

      Trade Review
      Praise for End Zone:

      "We've got the real thing in Don DeLillo. This is a wondrous work by an inventive talent."
      —The Philadelphia Inquirer

      "Wonderful . . . [End Zone] makes one wonder whether there are any limits at all to [DeLillo's] potential growth."
      —The New York Times

      "Powerfully funny, oblique, testy, and playful, tearing along in dazzling cinematic spurts . . . A masterful novel."
      —The Washington Post

      "Taut, witty, and resonant. The dialogue is sweaty and true."
      —The Boston Globe

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