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At twenty-eight, David Bell is the American Dream come true. He has fought his way to the top, surviving office purges and scandals to become a high-powered television executive. David's world is made up of the images that flicker across America's screens, the fantasies that enthrall America's imagination.And then the dream—and the dream-making—become a nightmare. At the height of his success, David sets out to rediscover reality. Camera in hand, he journeys across the country in a mad and moving attempt to capture a sense of his own and his country's past, present, and future.NB: "In preparing this edition for publication, the author has made some cuts in the original text; there is no new material." [on copyright page]
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Americana, Don DeLillo
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- Released
- 1989
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- Title
- Americana
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Don DeLillo
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Released
- 1989
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 377
- ISBN10
- 0140119485
- ISBN13
- 9780140119480
- Series
- Original title
- Americana
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
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- At twenty-eight, David Bell is the American Dream come true. He has fought his way to the top, surviving office purges and scandals to become a high-powered television executive. David's world is made up of the images that flicker across America's screens, the fantasies that enthrall America's imagination.And then the dream—and the dream-making—become a nightmare. At the height of his success, David sets out to rediscover reality. Camera in hand, he journeys across the country in a mad and moving attempt to capture a sense of his own and his country's past, present, and future.NB: "In preparing this edition for publication, the author has made some cuts in the original text; there is no new material." [on copyright page]