“‘I’ve just realized how few black faces I’ve seen since I got here.’
‘Even the bibles in this town are white,’ she said.”
—Don DeLillo, from Americana, 1971.
“‘I’ve just realized how few black faces I’ve seen since I got here.’
‘Even the bibles in this town are white,’ she said.”
—Don DeLillo, from Americana, 1971.
Which town?
I think it’s Fort Curtis, wherever that is. Out west somewhere. The book is pretty funny . . .
I googled it: Arkansas! The book doesn’t specify the state; they’re on a road trip, determined to “find america.”