Detached from life in Los Angeles and his past in Australia, uncomfortable around other humans, the narrator of this inventive autobiographical novel researches death on...

Detached from life in Los Angeles and his past in Australia, uncomfortable around other humans, the narrator of this inventive autobiographical novel researches death on the Internet; mulls over distant and intimate stories of suicides, serial killers, and "natural deaths"; and wanders about LA's Holy Cross Cemetery. Wry yet somber, astringent yet tender, The Disintegrations confronts both the impossibility of understanding death and the timeless longing for immortality.

Author: Alistair McCartney
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 08/22/2017
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780299314705


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/19/2017
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2017

About the Author
Alistair McCartney is the author of The End of the World Book, a finalist for the PEN USA Literary Award in Fiction. He teaches creative writing at Antioch University Los Angeles.