Word: wunderlick
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Dates: during 1973-1973
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...Bucky Wunderlick, the all-purpose sensibility of post-'60s exhaustion, is a rock star sick of mainlining on fame. In Don de Lillo's latest novel, he leaves his band and retreats to a dismal converted loft to watch the roaches crawl over the unwashed dishes in the sink...
Author De Lillo would probably not be disappointed if Bucky Wunderlick is read as Jesus Christ Superstar in the urban wilderness. Bucky is last seen recovering from a language-erasing drug. It is suggested that he has been purified. But by nudging his hero toward the truly mythic, De Lillo overextends a book that is otherwise distinguished by a cool, clinical touch. As he demonstrated in two previous novels (Americana and the much overpraised End Zone), the author has a knack for chill atmosphere, satiric caricature and witty dialogue. He is also a good literary mechanic who knows...
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