The Disintegrations

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 McCartneyPublisher: University of Wisconsin PressPublished: 08/22/2017Pages: 232Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.70dISBN: 9780299314705Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 06/19/2017Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2017About the AuthorAlistair 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.