Amazons: An Intimate Memoir by the First Woman Ever to Play in the National Hockey League

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Wear along edges of dust jacket, mild wear on cover edges, page edge has small spot, otherwise in excellent reading condition. Bought used in good condition and kept by a collector for the past five years, a very nice copy of this rare text for either reading or collecting. Ships fast and secure.

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March 31,2025
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Don Delillo is the real author of this fictional memoir of a female goalie in the NHL. Cleo Birdwell is a pseudonym. My own feeling is that Delillo is at his best when he's just having fun and being funny, both of which he's doing here. None of the pretense of say, Underworld or The Names, where he's trying too hard. Some of it may be a little too silly, but it's still a fun ride. Also, some of the best/funniest sex scenes in literature. I just regret that I lost my copy. Damn.
March 31,2025
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I was expecting more from this secret Don Delillo novel. basically, the first female hockey player has a lot of sex in her search for love.... a let down.
March 31,2025
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A tedious novel from a tedious author. Leave it to DeLillo to spend his time writing under a female surname to talk endlessly about the shape and feel of countless dicks.
March 31,2025
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Laugh-out-loud funny novel by Don Delillo writing as Cleo Birdwell, a faux-memoir by the first female hockey player in the NHL. Delillo has since disavowed the book and refused his publisher's request to reprint it. It was his 7th novel and until White Noise (his ninth) came out in the mid-80s, it was his top selling book. Not sure why he's distanced himself from it. A handful of scenes aren't PC, maybe that's why. Hard to find, but worth it for the Delillo completist. Next up is Ratner's Star.
March 31,2025
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That Cleo Birdwell . . . always "hopping into bed" with guys. I have to love her.
March 31,2025
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Secretly written by Don DeLillo, this "memoir" by the first woman to play in the NHL is by turns hilarious and lyrical. Lots of old-world/eccentric New York City, frank, untortured sex scenes, and philosophical digressions on modern America. Highly recommend. I wrote an essay about some of the themes in the book, which you can find here:

http://www.theawl.com/2014/02/everyon...

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