Title: End Zone
Author: Don DeLillo
Cover artist: photo
Yours for: $8
- Way outside my normal collection timeframe, but the cover (and author) caught my eye—seemed memorable / remarkable—like the last thing you see before you get strangled (to death, presumably).
- I like that it's a novel about football, but the cover only barely suggests this (title, font, "New Gladiators").
- That's the opposite of "Fear Hand"—most mid-century covers have a victim POV, with woman reacting to some kind of impending attack. Here, the attacker (in a context that can be only dimly imagined).
Best things about this back cover:
- Dang, high praise for a novel I've never heard of.
- "Is God a Football Fan?" is a pretty good tagline.
- So much for your Nostradamian powers, Cincinnati Enquirer.
Page 123~
"Gary Harkness. Good name. Promotable. I like it. I even love it."If anyone ever says "Relax and call me Wally," you're gonna want to end the conversation quickly and get out of there.
"Thanks."
"Relax and call me Wally."
"Right," I said.
~RP
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