--- product_id: 171923045 title: "End Zone" brand: "don delillo" price: "€ 7.55" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 4 category: "Books" url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/171923045-end-zone store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # End Zone **Brand:** don delillo **Price:** € 7.55 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** End Zone by don delillo - **How much does it cost?** € 7.55 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/171923045-end-zone) ## Best For - don delillo enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted don delillo brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Review America's greatest living writer., ObserverNobody, it seems, could write better than this. No one could have a clearer vision of the micro-circuitry of post-modern life., Evening StandardPowerfully funny, oblique, testy, and playful, tearing along in dazzling cinematic spurts . . . A masterful novel., Washington Post From the Inside Flap Reading the fiction of Don DeLillo is an utterly original experience: powerful, prescient, perceptive. Writing in a prose that is both majestic and muscular, his unerringly accurate vision penetrates deep into the soul of America and consistently leaves readers with a fresh perspective on the world. Since the publication of his first novel, in 1971, he has been acknowledged across the globe as one of the greatest writers of his generation. Ostensibly, DeLillo’s blackly comic second novel is about Gary Harkness, a football player and student at Logos College, West Texas. During a season of unprecedented success, Gary becomes increasingly obsessed with the threat of nuclear war. Both frightened and fascinated by the prospect, he listens to his team-mates discussing match tactics in much the same terms as generals might contemplate global conflict. But as the terminologies of football and nuclear war – the language of end zones – become interchanged, the polysemous nature of words emerges, and DeLillo forces us to see beyond the sterile reality of substitution. This clever and playful novel is a timeless and topical study of human beings’ obsession with conflict and confrontation. About the Author Don DeLillo is the author of many bestselling novels, including Point Omega, Falling Man, White Noise, Libra and Zero K, and has won many honours in America and abroad, including the National Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize for his complete body of work and the William Dean Howells Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his novel Underworld. In 2010, he received the PEN/Saul Bellow Award. He has also written several plays. ## Images ![End Zone - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31G48Af8bfL.jpg) ![End Zone - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51DDgp3ESFL.jpg) ![End Zone - Image 3](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51DDgp3ESFL.jpg) ![End Zone - Image 4](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31pQ%2BFQiy3L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ DeLillo's easiest and quite rewarding narrative *by X***E on 10 August 2017* A wonderful book that juxtaposes sports with war. It may sound dry but DeLillo has written his most accessible novel.The simplicity of plot underlies a rich subtext of the way humans act, or react while often not being aware or understanding their own intent in life.Were I was teaching high school literature this would be required reading if only to help younger minds learn about critical thinking within a moderately easy read.Without ruining the book the young protagonist suffers from "nuclear glee," a phrase that stays with me years after reading this fine book. It is a relatively straight forward novel with postmodern leanings . Still, the narrative is easy to follow despite its alternate perspectives. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ FNL goes to small college and much more *by K***N on 18 September 2014* This is the first Don DeLillo book I've read and I liked it from page one, loved it through page N-1 (N approx. = 250), and then was a little let down. I am kind of a closure freak, though, and N-2 pages of great reading makes for a hard-to-beat experience. The plot line here is pretty straightforward. It can be described as Friday Night Lights goes to small college, some curricular concerns occasionally surface (more in the form of dorm-room banter than classroom enlightenment), and the characters show sporadic signs of maturity or at least approximations thereof. The plot takes enough interesting twists that the book sustains itself well. (It would be ideal for a transcontinental flight.) The main strengths of the book are its characters and their alternatingly witty, trenchant, and--the closer you get to the football field and coaches--ludicrously vacuous dialogue. Highly entertaining and highly recommended; convinced me to read more DeLillo. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is not a book about football. *by N***S on 5 June 2012* If you enjoy language and irony, you will love End Zone. The setting is a small Texas college. Attention is focused on the football team, their preparations, and a struggle to gain the 60 yard line in a game with a team they know is superior. The moves are communicated in pre-arranged codes. They get beaten to a pulp. The fans don't really understand that they have been badly physically injured. All they see are the codes and the action. The college gives a program in ROTC in which the hero-narrator excels. The language of technology in warfare is given, but the significance of the damage done to humans can't actually be realized behind the language. The author claims this book is not about warfare. I think it would be fair to say that it is not only about warfare, but the many aspects of our realities that are hidden behind language, such as the cliches that are expressed at funerals and death. The slogans and homilies distance us from the pain of it.This all is very serious, but every page has a laugh, which I think brings us closer to the truths.Nancy B.Gainesville FL --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pt/products/171923045-end-zone](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/171923045-end-zone) --- *Product available on Desertcart Portugal* *Store origin: PT* *Last updated: 2026-04-26*