White Noise
by Don DeLillo
Taste attributes: comedydramascience fictionslowfresh & originalheavylinearenclosedsocial commentaryself destruction/implosiontroubled leads
Boxlist takeA fresh comic novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Open Library rating
3.9 / 5
30 ratings
About This Book
Jack Gladney, a professor of Nazi history at a Middle American liberal arts school, and his family try to handle normal family life as a black cloud of lethal gaseous fumes threatens their town.
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- Author
- Don DeLillo
- Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 326
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- Open Library
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