WHITE NOISE. [New York]: Viking, [1985]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition, first printing. "The doom-suffused, prolepsis-dense but hilarious WHITE NOISE (1985), filmed as White Noise (2022) directed by Noah Baumbach, in which an 'airborne toxic event' –- a pollution disaster whose consequences radiate unexpectedly through the text –- conflates with the introduction of a drug intended to render Americans indifferent to the reality of death; both novel and the faithful film version generate a sense that the world has lost its inherent substance, that the white noise of death irretrievably irradiates the supermarkets and malls and environs" (John Clute, SFE online). Owner's name on front free endpaper. Spine ends a bit pushed, extremities of boards tanned, top edge of pages lightly foxed, remainder marks to bottom edge of pages, a very good copy in very good dust jacket priced $16.95 on the front flap with light wear at spine ends, two small chips from the top edge of the rear panel, and some dust soiling to the front panel. (#177949).
Price: $250.00
"First published in 1985 ..." on copyright page.