{"product_id":"mao-ii-paperback","title":"Mao II - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDon Delillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Faulkner Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the National Book Award) and \u003ci\u003eThe Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, a profound novel about art, terror, masses, and the individual from \"one of the most intelligent, grimly funny voices to comment on life in present-day America\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBill Gray, a famous, reclusive novelist, emerges from his isolation when he becomes the key figure in an event staged to force the release of a poet hostage in Beirut. As Bill enters the world of political violence, a nightscape of Semtex explosives and hostages locked in basement rooms, Bill's dangerous passage leaves two people stranded: his brilliant, fixated assistant, Scott, and the strange young woman who is Scott's lover--and Bill's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn extraordinary novel from Don DeLillo about words and images, novelists and terrorists, the mass mind and the arch-individualist, \u003ci\u003eMao II\u003c\/i\u003e explores a world in which the novelist's power to influence the inner life of a culture now belongs to bomb-makers and gunmen. \u003ci\u003eMao II\u003c\/i\u003e is the work of an ingenious writer at the height of his powers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon DeLillo \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of fifteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eZero K\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnderworld\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFalling Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLibra\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won the National Book Award, the PEN\/Faulkner 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. In 2010, he was awarded the PEN\/Saul Bellow Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Angel Esmeralda\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the 2011 Story Prize and the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction. In 2012, DeLillo received the Carl Sandburg Literary Award for his body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 7.78 x 5.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e PEN\/Faulkner Award (1992)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42177283326087,"sku":"9780140152746","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/27f1b11bfa648db8a178ecded4852f5b.webp?v=1733396448","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/mao-ii-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}