Synopsis
In an expatriate's world of turmoil and danger, American risk analyst James Axton learns of a ritual-murder cult in the Aegean and follows the trail to its secret meanings in the ancient city of Lahore
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"Brilliant...a powerful, haunting book." --The New York Times Book Review
"DeLillo's most accomplished novel." --Time "Compelling...strange and wonderful and frightening." --The New Yorker"Exotic, atmospheric, curiously suspenseful, full of characters at once unusual and fully realized...an extraordinarily original and enveloping piece of work." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
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A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself.
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