What Don DeLillo saw coming
In 1985, White Noise captured America’s nascent attention economy. Can an $80m Netflix adaptation live up to his vision?
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Chris Power is a writer and literary critic. He is the author of the short story collection Mothers and the novel A Lonely Man (Faber & Faber).
In 1985, White Noise captured America’s nascent attention economy. Can an $80m Netflix adaptation live up to his vision?
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