Cosmopolis is a novel by Don DeLillo set in New York City over the course of a single day in April in the year 2000. It follows wealthy 28-year-old capital trader Eric Packer as he conducts business from his limousine on his way to get a haircut. Anti-capitalist protests begin to erupt on the streets, and Eric quickly becomes disillusioned with his life and work. He desperately searches for meaning through acts of anarchy and self-sabotage. The novel explores themes of nihilism, capitalism, anarchy, intimacy, and alienation.
Don DeLillo writes novels that are loose-knit fabrications of the tensions, preoccupations, and manias of modern America. His books are usually shaped around a central character whose behavior is a me...
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Over the past twenty-five years, Don DeLillo has established himself as one of the most important contemporary American novelists. Prolific and wide-ranging, he has published ten major novels that r...
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Don DeLillo