Name: The Names
ISBN: 9780679722953

Don DeLillo

The Names

Chris Dailey

Confounding and cryptic novel that challenges the reader, though it ultimately triumphs through its prose, dialogue and character studies. Set primarily in Athens during the 80's, the story follows a political risk analyst along with his family and ex-pat friends throughout the Cycladic Islands and Middle East through mainly banal actions until a mysterious and murderous cult emerges. Focusing on place and language, themes of narrative, myth, and wandering emerge alongside family, divorce, parenthood and belonging. While a slog in some parts, it ultimately shines and its finest moments are the small ones with absurd features and characters.

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The Names (Picador Books)

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