DON DELILLO'S LOST COMIC MASTERPIECE

‘The funniest book I've ever read’ Rachel Kushner, Booker-shortlisted author of CREATION LAKE

'Outrageously funny, erotic and vivid in its unforgettable characters and skewed wisdom. A pitch-perfect satire that somehow also remains joyous and uncynical. My mind and spirit feel cleansed by it.' Luke Kennard, Booker-shortlisted author of BLACK BAG

Cleo Birdwell is twenty-four, a schoolteacher’s daughter from Badger, Ohio, and the first ever female recruit to play in the National Hockey League. She is an instant sensation on and off the ice - lauded not only for her mettle on the rink, but also for her honey blonde hair, her milky blue eyes, her style and her stamina. And as she spends her first season travelling across North America, she can’t help but stumble into her own adventures of sex, fun, and scandal.

A cult treasure, re-issued for the first time in fifty years, Don DeLillo’s pseudonymous masterpiece offers a gloriously funny skewering of the absurdity of the male gaze, the commodification of sport, the booming culture of 70s America – and of one young woman determined to make her way on her own terms.

‘I don’t know what to tell you except that Don DeLillo has written a horny hockey novel and – while he may not wish to publish it under his own name – nothing can diminish the pleasure of this magnificently funny, strange and joyful book.’ Joe Dunthorne, author of SUBMARINE and CHILDREN OF RADIUM