Jack Gladney is a professor of Hitler studies at a small Midwestern college, living a comfortable, media-saturated suburban life with his wife Babette and their blended brood of children. Their routine existence—consumed by consumerism, rampant media chatter, and a persistent, subconscious fear of death—is drastically upended when a catastrophic train accident releases an "Airborne Toxic Event" over their town. Combining dark comedy, social critique, and postmodern philosophical dread, Don DeLillo’s masterpiece examines humanity's attempt to navigate love, mortality, and identity amidst the relentless background hum of modern technology and mass culture.

Dimensions:13.0 x 19.6

Author: Don DeLillo

ISBN: 9780143129554

Format: Paperback

Pages 320