Don DeLillo — Zero K A Novel
Scribner 2016 Hardback, 274pp. Jeffrey Lockhartâs father, Ross, is a billionaire in his sixties, with a younger wife, Artis Martineau, whose health is failing. Ross is the primary investor in a remote and secret compound where death is exquisitely controlled and bodies are preserved until a future time when biomedical advances and new technologies can return them to a life of transcendent promise. Jeff joins Ross and Artis at the compound to say âoean uncertain farewellâ to her as she surrenders her body. âoeWe are born without choosing to be. Should we have to die in the same manner? Isnât it a human glory to refuse to accept a certain fate?â. DJ. (ISBN: 9781501135392). Very Good.