Pafko at the Wall

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Pafko at the Wall

Author	Don DeLillo
Cover artist	John Fulbrook
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Scribner
Publication date	9 October 2001
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	96 (hardback first edition)
ISBN	0-7432-3000-0
OCLC	48013766
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 21
LC Class	PS3554.E4425 P34 2001

"Pafko at the Wall", subtitled "The Shot Heard Round the World", is a text by Don DeLillo that was originally published as a folio in the October 1992 issue of Harper's Magazine. It was later incorporated as the prologue in DeLillo's acclaimed novel Underworld (1997), with minor changes from the original version, such as a new opening line. In 2001, "Pafko" was re-released as a novella, by Scribner. This is the same version as printed in Underworld, where the section is titled "The Triumph of Death", in reference to the painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder.

The title character is Andy Pafko, who, as the Dodgers' left fielder, saw Bobby Thomson's famous shot go over his head.

External links[]

• Pafko at the Wall at the Harper's Magazine (subscription required)

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