International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award

The 1999 Shortlist:

Jim Crace
Don DeLillo
Francisco Goldman
Ian McEwan
Andrew Miller
Haruki Murakami
Cynthia Ozick
Bernhard Schlink

Underworld by Don DeLillo

Underworld ISBN: 0684842696 (USA); 0330354329 (UK)

Nominated by:
Denver Public Library, Colorado;
LeRoy Collins-Leon County Public Library, Florida;
New York Public Library, New York;
San José Public Library, California;
Tucson-Pima Public Library, Arizona

Web Links
Find out more about Don DeLillo and his books on these sites:
Curt Gardner’s Don DeLillo page
Miningco.com’s list of Don DeLillo web resources
Hear Don DeLillo on KCRW
Fintan O’Toole interviews Don DeLillo about Underworld in the Irish Times
A review of Underworld by Eileen Battersby in the same newspaper
A National Book Foundation interview with Don DeLillo
A review of Underworld by Michael Wood in the London Review of Books
Simon & Schuster’s page on Underworld

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Underworld begins with a legendary baseball game played in New York in 1951. The glorious result, and the winning 'Shot Heard Around the World', shades into the grim news that the Soviet Union has just tested an atomic bomb. The baseball itself generates the narrative that follows, taking the reader deeply into the lives of the two main protagonists, Nick and Klara, and into modern memory and the soul of American culture.

Don DeLillo has written eleven novels and has won the National Book Award (USA) and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

Other books by Don DeLillo:
Americana (0140123822) 1990
The Day Room (0140115323)
End Zone (0140085688)
Great Jones Street (0140179178) 1994
Libra (0140156046) 1991
Mao 2 (0099915006) 1992
The Names (0330297511) 1987
Players (0099928507) 1991
Ratner’s Star (009992840x) 1991
Running Dog (0330315463) 1992
White Noise (0330291084) 1985

The 1999 Shortlist: Jim Crace Don DeLillo Francisco Goldman Ian McEwan Andrew Miller Haruki Murakami Cynthia Ozick Bernhard Schlink	*Underworld* by Don DeLillo ISBN: 0684842696 (USA); 0330354329 (UK)	Nominated by: Denver Public Library, Colorado; LeRoy Collins-Leon County Public Library, Florida; New York Public Library, New York; San José Public Library, California; Tucson-Pima Public Library, Arizona	Web Links Find out more about Don DeLillo and his books on these sites: Curt Gardner’s Don DeLillo page Miningco.com’s list of Don DeLillo web resources Hear Don DeLillo on KCRW Fintan O’Toole interviews Don DeLillo about Underworld in the Irish Times A review of Underworld by Eileen Battersby in the same newspaper A National Book Foundation interview with Don DeLillo A review of Underworld by Michael Wood in the London Review of Books Simon & Schuster’s page on Underworld Top of Page
	Underworld begins with a legendary baseball game played in New York in 1951. The glorious result, and the winning 'Shot Heard Around the World', shades into the grim news that the Soviet Union has just tested an atomic bomb. The baseball itself generates the narrative that follows, taking the reader deeply into the lives of the two main protagonists, Nick and Klara, and into modern memory and the soul of American culture. Don DeLillo has written eleven novels and has won the National Book Award (USA) and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.	Other books by Don DeLillo: Americana (0140123822) 1990 The Day Room (0140115323) End Zone (0140085688) Great Jones Street (0140179178) 1994 Libra (0140156046) 1991 Mao 2 (0099915006) 1992 The Names (0330297511) 1987 Players (0099928507) 1991 Ratner’s Star (009992840x) 1991 Running Dog (0330315463) 1992 White Noise (0330291084) 1985