A Disorder Peculiar to the Country
Ken Kalfus
A Disorder Peculiar to the Country was a National Book Award Finalist. 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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Year
- 2009
- ISBN-13
- 9780061856341
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Divorce and marriage breakdown911 and its aftermathBlack comedysatire of American life
Awards
- National Book Award for FictionShortlistedMajor(2006)
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