I'll follow late on the DeLillo comments since I think I was
responsible for the thread by mentioning "White Noise." WN is
probably DeLillo's funniest book. As others said here, I
think, the three other titles that would appeal most to this
list are "Running Dog," "Players," and "The Names" (Oh yeah,
and also the Lee Harvey Oswald book, "Libra"). I'll put in a
particular plug for
"The Names." I think this is DeLillo's best book, and it
doesn't get the recognition it deserves. It does have
crime/conspiracy in it; also it's set in Greece. I've
recently read a handful of books set in that neck of the
woods. The other notable title is Highsmith's "Two Faces of
January," which was mentioned here about a week ago. Fine
stuff. Maybe we should have a themed month of reading books
with a Mediterranean or North African setting (I suppose it
would depend on how many titles we could come up with).
Highsmith's "Tremor of Forgery" is set in Tunisia.
Doug
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