In this remarkable novel of menace and
mystery, Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem
to have it all. Yet behind their “ideal” life is a lingering boredom
and quiet desperation: their talk is mostly chatter, their sex life more
a matter of obligatory “satisfaction” than pleasure. And still they
remain untouched, “players” indifferent to the violence that surrounds
them, and that they have helped to create.Originally published in 1977, Players
is a fast-moving yet starkly drawn socially critical drama that
demonstrates the razor-sharp prose and thematic density for which Don
DeLillo is renowned today.