{"product_id":"a-disorder-peculiar-to-the-ken-kalfus-9780060501419","title":"A Disorder Peculiar to the Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA National Book Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The best novel yet about 9\/11.... A brilliant new comedy of manners, \u003cem\u003eA Disorder Peculiar to the Country\u003c\/em\u003e is about the way a conflict takes on a logic and momentum of its own.\" --Salon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Savagely hilarious.\" --\u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this astonishing black comedy, Kalfus suggests how our nation's public calamities have encroached upon our most private illusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Kalfus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060501413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060501419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.54h x 5.80w x 0.61d","brand":"Ken Kalfus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995474985215,"sku":"9780060501419","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9031d416-cfb5-45a4-b247-36f59d2f4ec3.jpg?v=1683336024","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-disorder-peculiar-to-the-ken-kalfus-9780060501419","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}