White Noise

Novel by Don DeLillo

Blurb

Better than any book I can think of, White Noise captures the particular strangeness of life in a time where humankind has finally learned enough to kill itself. Naturally, it's a terribly funny book, and the prose is as beautiful as a sunset through a particulate-filled sky. Nice-guy narrator Jack Gladney teaches Hitler Studies at a small college. His wife may be taking a drug that removes fear, and one day a nearby chemical plant accidentally releases a cloud of gas that may be poisonous. Writing before Bhopal and Prozac entered the popular lexicon, DeLillo produced a work so closely tuned into its time that it tells the future.

First Published

1985

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Austin.allen

Ireally enjoyed the humorous and satirical nature of this story. It was told in a very unconventional way, with a compelling unusualness and originality. I will read more of his books, for sure.

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