A Disorder Peculiar to the Country - Hardcover

Kalfus, Ken

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743286081 ISBN 13: 9780743286084

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2006

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Review:

'Absorbing, intelligent, witty and wry' -- Book of the Week, THE TIMES

'Kalfus' talent for description is undeniable. His portrayal of
the collapse of the towers... is utterly enthralling' -- FINANCIAL TIMES 19/8

'Ken Kalfus is a talent to watch...a blistering portrait written
with verve and swagger' -- Sunday Telegraph 4/9

'Wry, humane, precise and beautifully smitten with ideas' -- JONATHAN FRANZEN

Synopsis:

To each other's regret, both Marshall and Joyce survived 9/11. But it looks unlikely that they will survive the apparently endless war of their divorce. Both refuse to move out of the apartment, on their lawyers' orders, and neither is above using the children as foot soldiers in their battle. They will use any psychological weapon that comes to hand - sex; money; friends; relations - to gain an advantage that might prove decisive. As the months pass, the domestic skirmishes begin to echo the international. In both theatres of war, events are becoming crazier, but people tend to break before nations do. Ken Kalfus's new novel is a brilliantly insightful and compelling portrait of what our modern state of perpetual war does on the home front.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0743286081
• ISBN 13: 9780743286084
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256