A panoramic literary novel which takes the reader right to the heart of American society and culture, telling the story of the USA's post-War history through the eyes of its men and women, and taking us from the tenements of the Bronx to the killing fields of Vietnam and the winning home run of the 1951 baseball World Series. ""Underworld" renders DeLillo a great novelist" Martin Amis. "... a rousingly impressive achievement in almost every novelistic department" William Boyd.