Great Jones Street Don DeLillo's cult classic and a powerful satire of our celebrity-obsessed culture
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Great Jones Street Don DeLillo's cult classic and a powerful satire of our celebrity-obsessed culture

by Don DeLillo

Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2011-08-19

Overview

<p><b>A troubling satire of the romantic myth of stardom and the empty heart of rock and roll.</b><br><br>Bucky Wunderlick is a rock and roll star. Dissatisfied with a life that has brought fame and fortune, he suddenly decides he no longer wants to be a commodity.<br><br>He leaves his band mid-tour and holes up in a dingy, unfurnished apartment in Great Jones Street. Unfortunately, his disappearing act only succeeds in inflaming interest . . .<br><br><b><i>Great Jones Street</i>, Don DeLillo's third novel, probes the rights of the individual, foreshadows the struggle of the artist within a capitalist world, and delivers a scathing portrait of our culture's obsession with the lives of the few.</b><br><br><b>Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.</b></p>

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