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Better than any book I can think of, White Noise captures the particular strangeness of life in a time where humankind has finally learned enough to kill itself. Naturally, it's a terribly funny book, and the prose is as beautiful as a sunset through a particulate-filled sky. Nice-guy narrator Jack Gladney teaches Hitler Studies at a small college. His wife may be taking a drug that removes fear, and one day a nearby chemical plant accidentally releases a cloud of gas that may be poisonous. Writing before Bhopal and Prozac entered the popular lexicon, DeLillo produced a work so closely tuned into its time that it tells the future.

This is one of the books from the great 2005-2006 BookCrossing Mystery that took place in Prince George, British Columbia – with help from BookCrossing friends around the globe!



This book is traveling to Minnesota as a suprise RABCK for Flashgirl!

Hooray, what a terriffic surprise! I have never received a surprise RABCK before! I have been wanting to read this book for years, and I am delighted to have the opportunity now. Thank you so much, Karen!

I started reading this book last summer on a camping trip. I found it very absurd and funny. I can't explain why it has been sitting on my bedside table ever since, only getting love from me very occasionally. Time to finish it up and move it on!

I have a baby coming in June, and am forced to admit: some books need to go to make room in here for baby. I never got around to reading this one, but I have given it to my roommate. She will certainly give it more love than I did.