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020    9780143105985 
020    0143105981 
035    (OCoLC)430051418 
040    BTCTA|beng|cBTCTA|dBWX|dYDXCP|dMLY|dUMC|dWHP 
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090    PS3554.E4425|bW48 2009 
100 1  DeLillo, Don. 
245 10 White noise /|cDon DeLillo ; introduction by Richard 
       Powers. 
264  1 New York :|bPenguin Books,|c2009. 
264  1 |c1986. 
300    xviii, 310 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Penguin classics deluxe edition 
500    Originally published: Viking Penguin Inc., 1985. 
520     White Noise tells the story of Jack Gladney, his fourth 
       wife, Babette, and four ultra­modern offspring as they 
       navigate the rocky passages of family life to the 
       background babble of brand-name consumerism. When an 
       industrial accident unleashes an "airborne toxic event," a
       lethal black chemical cloud floats over their lives. The 
       menacing cloud is a more urgent and visible version of the
       "white noise" engulfing the Gladneys-radio transmissions, 
       sirens, microwaves, ultrasonic appliances, and TV 
       murmurings-pulsing with life, yet suggesting something 
       ominous 
650  0 Industrial accidents|vFiction. 
650  0 College teachers|vFiction. 
650  0 Stepfamilies|vFiction. 
650  0 Death|vFiction. 
651  0 Middle West|vFiction. 
700 1  Powers, Richard,|d1957- 
830  0 Penguin classics deluxe edition. 
994    02|bWHP