About the book
In Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their \"ideal\" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory \"satisfaction\" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, \"players\" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.
Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renowned today.
\"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions.\"--New York Times Book Review
Editions of Players
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780679722939
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780345275707
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780394723822
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307817167
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In Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their \"ideal\" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory \"satisfaction\" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, \"players\" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.
Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renowned today.
\"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions.\"--New York Times Book Review
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Players about?
In Players DeLillo explores the dark side of contemporary affluence and its discontents. Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their \"ideal\" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more a matter of obligatory \"satisfaction\" than pleasure. Then Lyle sees a man killed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and becomes involved with the terrorists responsible; Pammy leaves for Maine with a homosexual couple.... And still they remain untouched, \"players\" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.
Originally published in 1977 (before his National Book Award-winning White Noise and the recent blockbuster Underworld), Players is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which DeLillo is renowned today.
\"The wit, elegance and economy of Don DeLillo's art are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions.\"--New York Times Book Review
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Players?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of Players?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780679722939
Is Players part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Vintage Contemporaries
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Players?
Don DeLillo
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Players is available as paperback(ISBN 9780679722939) and paperback(ISBN 9780345275707) and paperback(ISBN 9780394723822) and ebook(ISBN 9780307817167)
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