Underworld | Characters
DeLillo's critics have accused him of drawing flat characters who serve as mouthpieces for the author's own theories. As in all of DeLillo's novels, Underworld's characters do have intellectual discussions about various topics, debating philosophies of political power, global capitalism, film, avant-garde art, and, of course, baseball. However, Underworld does contain many well-rounded portrayals, sustaining DeLillo's reputation as a chronicler of interior lives as well as cultural phenomena.
In a novel with more than a hundred characters, including twenty or so who will...
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