Negative Positive
Title: An American masterpiece
Review: I read this and Michael Moorcock's King of the City in the sameweek or so. Moorcock's novel is a storm of anger, an eloquentBritish take on the modern world of high finance and low spirituality. DeLillo's is a cool, equally eloquent, spare parable on the same topics. It was interesting to read both these books in tandem since both take hard, beautifully written looks at the modern obsession with money and fame. DeLillo has chosen to take a spare, emblematic approach while Moorcock's voice embraces the widest possible vocabulary. Yet both writers offer us novels at their most engaging and serious, the best that modern writing can offer. I've been recommendingCosmopolis and King of the City to anyone who'll listen. Theperfect combination. I love DeLillo and this, no matter what some of the reviewers say here, is DeLillo at his very best.
Is the review positive or negative? 