White Noise is this kick-ass book by Don DeLillo. It won the National Book Award in 1985 and focuses on Jack Gladney, founder of the Hitler Studies Program at a small liberal arts college, a toxic waste spill, death and super markets. It's funny as hell, the reason for many of my neuroses and hated by sophomore level junior college students the world over. Hey, if you ever teach this novel and are told by your pupils that the book sucks because, "Nothing happens," don't respond by telling them that they're young and naive and haven't yet realized that nothing ever happens--that life is one big penalty kill. Bad pedagogy. Bad bad pedagogy.
Rating: 90%
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