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 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.