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End Zone (novel)
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End Zone is the title of Don DeLillo
's second novel published in 1972.
It is a light-hearted farce that preshadows much of his later, more mature work. Set at small Logos College in West Texas
, End Zone is narrated in first person by Gary Harkness, a blocking back on the American football
team during the school's first integrated year.
Gary spends time playing football, picnicking with a girl named Myna, and contemplating nuclear warfare
. Its meditative but ultimately playful nature, spry dialogue, and deep but mostly unconnected themes make End Zone perhaps the most easily accessible of DeLillo's early works.
The metaphor of football as warfare is challenged in the line "warfare is warfare."
director George Ratliff started pre-production on a feature film adaptation of End Zone. Josh Hartnett
has been announced in the role of Gary.
As of 2010, the film appeared to be dead.
Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo is an American author, playwright, and occasional essayist whose work paints a detailed portrait of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries...
's second novel published in 1972.
It is a light-hearted farce that preshadows much of his later, more mature work. Set at small Logos College in West Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, End Zone is narrated in first person by Gary Harkness, a blocking back on the American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team during the school's first integrated year.
Plot Summary
Nuclear warfare
Nuclear warfare, or atomic warfare, is a military conflict or political strategy in which nuclear weaponry is detonated on an opponent. Compared to conventional warfare, nuclear warfare can be vastly more destructive in range and extent of damage...
. Its meditative but ultimately playful nature, spry dialogue, and deep but mostly unconnected themes make End Zone perhaps the most easily accessible of DeLillo's early works.
The metaphor of football as warfare is challenged in the line "warfare is warfare."
Film Adaptation
In 2007, JoshuaJoshua (film)
Joshua is a 2007 American psychological horror/thriller film about an affluent young Manhattan family and how they are torn apart by the increasingly sadistic behavior of their disturbed son, Joshua. The film was directed by George Ratliff and stars Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga and Jacob Kogan...
director George Ratliff started pre-production on a feature film adaptation of End Zone. Josh Hartnett
Josh Hartnett
Joshua Daniel "Josh" Hartnett is an American actor and aspiring producer. He first came to audiences' attention in 1997 as "Michael Fitzgerald" in the television series Cracker. He made his feature film debut in 1998, co-starring with Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later for Miramax...
has been announced in the role of Gary.
As of 2010, the film appeared to be dead.