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      The Disintegrations

      by Alistair McCartney
      Published
      Aug 2017
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      232
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      "I know nothing about death, absolutely nothing," asserts the narrator of this inventive autobiographical novel. Yet he can't stop thinking about it. Detached from life in Los Angeles and his past in Australia, uncomfortable around other humans, he 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. He's looking for answers, all the while formulating his own disquieting philosophies.

      Within this dizzying investigation into the mystery of death is another mystery: who is the companion igniting these memories? This enigmatic novel blurs the line between fiction and nonfiction, story and eulogy, poetry and obituary. Wry yet somber, astringent yet tender, The Disintegrations confronts both the impossibility of understanding death and the timeless longing for immortality.

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      General Fiction

      Characters & Occupations

      LGBTQ

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      Aug 2019 University of Wisconsin Press ISBN 029931474X
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      First Edition Aug 2017 University of Wisconsin Press ISBN 0299314707
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      Aug 2017 University of Wisconsin Press ISBN B073JCFTBQ
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      Aug 2017 University of Wisconsin Press ISBN 0299314782
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