Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
In search of his roots, a successful but unhappy TV executive takes off for the heartland of America. ``This first novel is peopled with characters alienated not only from one another, but from themselves. It has the smell of staleness and despair. It is also, with its deadly accurate observations, its veracious dialogue, and its consistency of view, brilliantly written,'' maintained PW. (July)
Joyce Carol Oates
"Nearly every second of 'Americana' rings true, and insisted upon the authenticity becomes stereotypes....DeLillo is a man of frightened perception."
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
"The language soars in depth, under them parts a great deal." -- New York Times
Nelson Algian
"Don DeLillo's swift, ironic, witty cross-country American nightmare doesn't have a dull or unoriginal line." -- Rolling Stones
From the Publisher
Praise for Americana:
"DeLillo's swift, ironic, and witty cross-country American nightmare doesn't have a dull or an unoriginal line."
—Rolling Stone
"Nearly every sentence of Americana rings true, an insistence upon the authenticity behind the stereotypes . . . DeLillo is a man of frightening perception."
—Joyce Carol Oates, The Detroit Sunday News
"There have been many—too-many—novels in which the protagonist tries to find himself: here is one in which he tries to lose himself."
—The New York Times
