--- product_id: 4665512 title: "End Zone" brand: "don delillo" price: "€ 34.01" currency: EUR in_stock: null reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/4665512-end-zone store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # End Zone **Brand:** don delillo **Price:** € 34.01 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** End Zone by don delillo - **How much does it cost?** € 34.01 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/4665512-end-zone) ## Best For - don delillo enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted don delillo brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description End Zone ## Images ![End Zone - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/4172s4b3CdL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Football, War Games, Mock Picnics, Exobiology, Dark Sunglasses *by M***L on Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2011* "End Zone," Don Delillo's second novel, isn't so much DeLillo primer as it is like a few strokes of some of the themes DeLillo might (and in some cases will) touch on later. It's definitely not his greatest work and if you're new to his stuff I'd point you in the direction of something like "Libra" or "White Noise," both of which came later in DeLillo's career and (for me) pick apart more interesting subjects.Think about the desert. Almost no air, nothing much moving, just dirt or sand and rocks, the sun beating down on you as you make your way across. That's what reading parts of "End Zone" feels like, which is convenient, because the book is set in a desertish part of Texas with almost no air, nothing much moving, just dirt or sand and rocks, etc. The barren landscape (not a beautiful picture once you conjure it up for a period of reading even a short book such as this one) matches the sparse, dry sentences that make up much of the conversation, most of which can be breezed through so quickly because it's so emotionless. Every now and then though one of the book's over-the-top characters will get rolling on a subject such as nuclear war or a passage from a science fiction book or football that halfway through you might wonder where it is you're going. For the most part, the things people say in this book aren't things they would say in real life. College athletes don't worry about these kinds of things. That's where DeLillo's super creative and makes them obsessed with language, personal history and (for the narrator) nuclear war in all of its glory which he doesn't understand and the knowledge of which he desires to consume more and more.I don't know where the concepts of sport-as-war and athlete-as-warrior came from, though the way DeLillo uses them feels and sounds dated. You'll feel like he's exhausted every symbol and metaphor he could come with by the time you're say 70% of the way through the book. This isn't to say that he doesn't make things interesting! One of the narrator's professors says that he rejects the concept of sport as warfare; warfare is warfare, no substitute required because they have the real thing. It's a rare antithetical moment to probably the most obvious thing in the book, its whole preoccupation. Reading about the players in practice is like reading military drill, the game like slow reenactments of battle. The second third or so of the book details almost play-by-play an important game; it's vivid, excruciating, and you won't find it anywhere else.In short, "End Zone" makes the same point over and over again, and with the way DeLillo uses language, he'll probably drop some readers here and there. It's hard to know for sure 100% if you know what he's saying, not just in "End Zone" but in some of his other books as well. DeLillo is one of my favorite writers though and "End Zone" simply just isn't my favorite, though it is good and intriguing and whatnot. It's his second book and even though it's obvious he has a knack for writing from the start, trust me, he just gets better. See "The Names" (1982) and "White Noise" (1985) and "Libra" (1988) and if you've got time (and it'd be completely worth it) take on "Underworld" (1997) which besides being a great book also doubles as a desk.Oh and remember: much of DeLillo's work is meant to be funny, even though he might be completely serious... right? ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ FNL goes to small college and much more *by K***H on Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2014* This is the first Don DeLillo book I've read and I liked it from page one, loved it through page N-1 (N approx. = 250), and then was a little let down. I am kind of a closure freak, though, and N-2 pages of great reading makes for a hard-to-beat experience. The plot line here is pretty straightforward. It can be described as Friday Night Lights goes to small college, some curricular concerns occasionally surface (more in the form of dorm-room banter than classroom enlightenment), and the characters show sporadic signs of maturity or at least approximations thereof. The plot takes enough interesting twists that the book sustains itself well. (It would be ideal for a transcontinental flight.) The main strengths of the book are its characters and their alternatingly witty, trenchant, and--the closer you get to the football field and coaches--ludicrously vacuous dialogue. Highly entertaining and highly recommended; convinced me to read more DeLillo. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ DeLillo at his finest *by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2022* The best novel of the 20th century. There is no one who can write like DeLillo. The ingenuity of the dialogue and of the narrator’s meditative wanderings is simply unmatched by anything I’ve ever read. The section on the game they start playing, Bang You’re Dead, is absolutely dazzling. I don’t use the word dazzling. I’m using the word dazzling. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.at/products/4665512-end-zone](https://www.desertcart.at/products/4665512-end-zone) --- *Product available on Desertcart Austria* *Store origin: AT* *Last updated: 2026-04-27*