beginning my don delillo era
never read him for some reason. I read Americana (ok) and The Names (good) this week. About to move onto White Noise, which I'm excited for. So far, I've just been loving the style, particularly in The Names. Americana had a very 'here's my big first novel' energy and totally ran out of direction in the road trip segment.
The Names was way better. It felt so effortless how he draws you into the characters' philosophical ramblings, even if I'm still not sure what the overall point was. Plot hung together better than Americana, but I'm still feeling like he has something of the Martin Amis about him whereby his style is just so on point but the plot just never quite comes together to a crisp point. Still here for it, though.
Aside from that, the side effect of reading him is that I've had 'Don DeLillo' to the tune of the chorus of Panic by The Smiths as my ear worm all week. Think my wife may leave me if I sing it one more time. Help.
Interested in other people's views, if there's anywhere I should go next after White Noise...?