Mao II

WINNER OF THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD • A profound novel about art, terror, masses, and the individual, from the National Book Award–winning author of White Noise , “one of the most ironic, intelligent, grimly funny voices to comment on life in present-day America” ( The New York Times )   “This novel’s a beauty. A vision as bold and a voice as eloquent and morally focused as any in American writing.”—Thomas Pynchon   Bill Gray, a famous, reclusive novelist, emerges from his isolation