A Disorder Peculiar to the Country

by Ken Kalfus

Genres: General Fiction

Synopsis

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.

Release date: December 12, 2006

Publisher: HarperCollins e-books

Print pages: 256