mcormier 's review for:

Underworld by Don DeLillo
5.0

Picked up a used hard cover copy of this and it was beautifully set in the Electra typeface. It was the first used hardcover I’ve bought that was worn. Internally in portions you could see the pages come apart, probably from someone setting the book upside down for long periods of time. I envisioned a previous reader setting the book aside for weeks at a time due to life getting in the way of their reading adventure.

The book is simply amazing and the most coherent post-modern novel I’ve ever read, though the author apparently refers to this work as a response to post modernism. I would recommend it as the post-modern book to read if you’re going to read only one. It has the narrative structure of a post-modern novel without frivolously difficult vocabulary. This makes it a very accessible novel to read.

The book is not too long. It’s just right.