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Underworld

(1997)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1999 Dublin Literary Award (nominee)
1998 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (nominee)
1997 National Book Award for Fiction (shortlist)
1997 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (nominee)

Opens at the Shea Stadium at the World Series Game of 1951, where the ball is caught by a young, black man in the crowd, and continues to change hands throughout the book. The various recipients of the ball tell the story of post-war US history giving a panorama of America from the 50s to the 90s.


Genre: Literary Fiction

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