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• End Zone

  End Zone is the title of Don DeLillo's second novel published in 1972. It is a light-hearted farce that preshadows much of his later, more mature work. Set at small Logos College in West Texas, End Zone is narrated in first person by Gary Harkness, a blocking back on the American football team...

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• Running Dog

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• Players

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• The Waterworks

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