First published in 1985, White Noise won the National Book Award. It is now regarded as a classic of postmodern literature.
Jack Gladney is a pioneering professor in the field of Hitler Studies at the bucolic Midwestern College-on-the-Hill. Married five times, he has a brood of children and stepchildren with his current wife, Babette. Over the course of an absurd, tragic year, Jack and Babette will each be forced to confront the question that keeps them awake at night: who will die first?
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- ISBN10 1447202805
- ISBN13 9781447202806
- Publish Date 2 February 2012 (first published 1 June 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 October 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Picador
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 400
- Language English