num_pages: 256
description: A National Book Award Finalist "The best novel yet about 9/11.... A brilliant new comedy of manners, A Disorder Peculiar to the Country is about the way a conflict takes on a logic and momentum of its own." —Salon “Savagely hilarious.” — Elle 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.
language: English
title: A Disorder Peculiar to the Country
titlecomplete: A Disorder Peculiar to the Country
genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, New York, American, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Audiobook, Adult Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 1359
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Ecco