Bibliograph

A disorder peculiar to the country, a novel, Ken Kalfus

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A disorder peculiar to the country, a novel, Ken Kalfus

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A disorder peculiar to the country

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Ken Kalfus

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Joyce and Marshall each think the other is killed on September 11-and must swallow their disappointment when the other arrives home. As their bitter divorce is further complicated by anthrax scares, suicide bombs, and foreign wars, they suffer, in ways unexpectedly personal and increasingly ludicrous, the many strange ravages of our time. In this astonishing black comedy, Kalfus suggests how our nation's public calamities have encroached upon our most private illusions

Target audience

adult

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