{"product_id":"2940171178871","title":"Point Omega: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eDon DeLillo has been \"weirdly prophetic about 21st-century America\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review). In his earlier novels, he has written about conspiracy theory, the Cold War, and global terrorism. Now, in \u003ci\u003ePoint Omega\u003c\/i\u003e, he looks into the mind and heart of a \"defense intellectual\", one of the men involved in the management of the country's war machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Elster was a scholar amp;mdash; an outsider amp;mdash; when he was called to a meeting with government war planners, asked to apply \"ideas and principles to such matters as troop deployment and counterinsurgency\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe see Elster at the end of his service. He has retreated to the desert, \"somewhere south of nowhere\", in search of space and geologic time. There he is joined by a filmmaker, Jim Finley, intent on documenting his experience. Finley wants to persuade Elster to make a one-take film, Elster its single character amp;mdash; \"Just a man and a wall.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeeks later, Elster's daughter Jessica visits amp;mdash; an \"otherworldly\" woman from New York, who dramatically alters the dynamic of the story. The three of them talk, train their binoculars on the landscape, and build an odd, tender intimacy, something like a family. Then a devastating event throws everything into question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this compact and powerful novel, it is finally a lingering human mystery that haunts the landscape of desert and mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Simon amp; Schuster audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150805483760,"sku":"2940171178871","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940171178871_p0.jpg?v=1769905113","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940171178871","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}