Cosmopolis
€13.05
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780330524933 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Don DeLillo |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.168 |
| Publishing Date | 04/03/2011 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €12.31 |
| Tax | €0.74 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €13.05 |
| Availability | 7 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
Eric Packer is a twenty-eight-year-old multi-billionaire asset manager. We join him on what will become a particularly eventful April day in turn-of-the-twenty-first-century Manhattan. He''s on a personal odyssey, to get a haircut. Sitting in his stretch limousine as it moves across town, he finds the city at a virtual standstill because the President is visiting, a rapper''s funeral is proceeding, and a violent protest is being staged in Times Square by anti-globalist groups. Most worryingly, Eric''s bodyguards are concerned that he may be a target . . .
An electrifying study in affectlessness, infused with deep cynicism and measured detachment; a harsh indictment of the life-denying tendencies of capitalism; as brutal a dissection of the American dream as Wolfe''s Bonfire or Ellis''s Psycho, Don DeLillo''s Cosmopolis is a caustic prophecy all too quickly realized.