CRITIQUE: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, March 22nd, 1994
Don DeLillo's 1973 novel 'Great Jones Street' uses an economy of structure which allows the reader to morally transcend the mundane world of consumer economics. The main character is a rock musician who abandons his music and withdraws into a spiritual exile in a city apartment. He ceases speaking and attains a state of wordless grace, but he finally returns to public life. The book thus reveals itself as part of the consumer economy which the story has transcended. Near the conclusion of Don DeLillo's 1972 novel End Zone, the protagonist, college football player Gary Harkness, visits the spa...
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