The Silence
29 October 2020Synopsis
'An apocalyptic novel for our times' – Guardian
'Horrifyingly resonant' – Observer
Superbowl Sunday, 2022. A couple wait in their Manhattan apartment for their final dinner guests to arrive. The game is about it start. The missing guests' flight from Paris should have landed by now.
Suddenly, screens go blank. Phones are dead. Is this the end of civilization? All anybody can do is wait.
From one of America’s greatest writers, The Silence is a timely and compelling novel about what happens when an unpredictable crisis strikes.
'The Silence is Don DeLillo distilled . . . a straight shot of the good stuff' – Spectator
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29 October 2020
9781529057119Reviews
An apocalyptic novel for our timesGuardian, Book of the Week
The Silence is a horrifyingly resonant bookObserver
Slim and timelyNew Statesman
[DeLillo] is our laureate of paranoia and dread . . . [The Silence] is a pristine disaster novel . . . his best writing
Dwight Garner, New York Times
here reminds us that, as he puts it . . . “Life can get so interesting that we forget to be afraid”
