Americana -- Don Delillo

<b>"DeLillo's swift, ironic, and witty cross-country American nightmare doesn't have a dull or an unoriginal line."--<i>Rolling Stone</i> <p/>The first novel by Don DeLillo, author of the National Book Award-winning <i>White Noise <p/></i></b>At twenty-eight, David Bell is living the American Dream. He has fought his way to the top, becoming a top television executive who has captivated America's imagination through the images on their flickering screens. <p/>At the height of his success, David becomes disillusioned with the realities of consumerism and mass media and sets out to rediscover reality--and himself. Camera in hand, he journeys across the country in a mad and moving attempt to capture and find meaning in America's past, present, and future. <p/>Don DeLillo delivers a witty and incisive examination of Amerca's cultural heritage and the complexities of identity in this classic work of postmodernist literary fiction.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Don Delillo<br><b>Publisher:</b> Penguin Publishing Group<br><b>Published:</b> 07/06/1989<br><b>Pages:</b> 377<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.58lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.77h x 5.04w x 0.73d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780140119480<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 05/05/1989<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Don DeLillo </b>is the author of sixteen novels, including <i>Zero K</i>, <i>Underworld</i>, <i>Falling Man</i>, <i>White Noise</i>, and <i>Libra</i>. He has won