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Violence
Some
Cult murders; ritual violence
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief sexual references; a troubled marriage
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Themes of language, terrorism, and the American abroad
What this book is about
DeLillo's 1982 novel follows James Axton, an American risk analyst, through the international community of Athens and the Greek islands, as he becomes obsessed with a cult that murders people whose initials match the locations where they die. For adults.
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Cult violence
Psychological intensity
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