End Zone

Title: End Zone
Author: Don Delillo
Fiction: 1693488
ISBN: 9780140085686
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1986
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Section: Fiction | Literary
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description: A darkly funny satire of human nature and American college football, set against the backdrop of the Cold War, by the author of the National Book Award-winning novel White Noise

At Logos College in West Texas, huge young men, vacuum-packed into shoulder pads and shiny helmets, play football with intense passion. During an uncharacteristic winning season, the perplexed and distracted running back Gary Harkness has periodic fits of nuclear glee, fueled by his fear of and fascination with nuclear conflict.

As the line between football and nuclear warfare blurs, the actions of the players become unorthodox and even bizarre, reflecting the disconcerting reality of a world teetering on the brink of destruction. In this triumphantly funny, deeply searching novel, Don DeLillo explores the metaphor of football as war with rich, original zeal.