{"product_id":"pafko-at-the-wall-by-don-delillo","title":"'Pafko at the Wall' by Don DeLillo","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"699\"\u003eBefore it became the famous opening movement of \u003cem data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"230\"\u003eUnderworld\u003c\/em\u003e, Don DeLillo’s \u003cem data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"265\"\u003ePafko at the Wall\u003c\/em\u003e stood as its own microcosm of the American machine.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"699\"\u003eIt is a novella built around the 1951 baseball game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, and Bobby Thomson’s mythic “Shot Heard Round the World.” But because this is DeLillo, the ballgame is never just a ballgame. The crowd, the broadcast booth, the gestures in the stands, the bright public theatre of sport — all of it begins to tremble with something larger and darker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"1184\"\u003eIt glides through the idea of baseball as ritual, media event, national dream, and omen. The prose has that cool, glassy, almost priestly attention he does so well, where ordinary objects start glowing with historical radiation. A beautiful small companion piece for readers of \u003cem data-start=\"1005\" data-end=\"1017\"\u003eUnderworld\u003c\/em\u003e, but also a sharp entry point for anyone curious about DeLillo’s greater themes across his works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"1184\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSmall first edition hardback. Scribner standalone edition of \u003cem data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1283\"\u003ePafko at the Wall\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published as the prologue to \u003cem data-start=\"1325\" data-end=\"1337\"\u003eUnderworld\u003c\/em\u003e. First printing of this edition. Good used condition with light shelf wear; binding sound and pages clean.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45445861245011,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-06-06T161744.030.png?v=1780726844","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/pafko-at-the-wall-by-don-delillo","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}