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When The New York Times surveyed 124 writers and critics to determine the best work of American fiction during the last twenty- five years, Don DeLillo's Underworld finished in second place with eleven votes. Only Toni Morrison's Beloved, which received fifteen votes, ranked ahead of DeLillo's massive 1997 novel.

Almost a half-century of history is cramm…

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