White Noise

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Winner of the National Book Award, White Noise tells the story of Jack Gladney; his fourth wife, Babette; and four ultramodern offspring as they navigate the rocky passages of family life to the background babble of brand-name consumerism.

When an industrial accident unleashes an “airborne toxic event”, a lethal black chemical cloud floats over their lives. The menacing cloud is a more urgent and visible version of the “white noise” engulfing the Gladneys – radio transmissions, sirens, microwaves, ultrasonic appliances, and TV murmurings – pulsing with life yet suggesting something ominous.