Americana
by Don DeLillo
1971 · literary fiction · adult
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Set in 1 place · 1 primarySense of Place
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Description · Open Library (CC0)
A young television executive takes to the road in the 1960s with a movie camera to capture his own past in a "cinema verite" documentary. Within this framework, he delivers his observations on the influence of film, modern corporate life, young marriage, New York City and hipness.
Set in
- ★New York City · United States★ primaryNYC where David Bell works as a TV executive before quitting to drive across America making an avant-garde film
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