I finished! It was a tough read, at first. As I read, I found myself trying to tie these "neurotic characters " to some direction or "plot" This distracted me...Oh my god.."are there really people like this? Is my a.d.d. working overtime. I chilled, kept reading enjoying it more and more. Oh yeah, I chuckled alot.
Dellio uses his cast of characters to comically approach their..."our" fear of death. "White noise" is the method with which society, families, people deal with this question. A question that won't go away. The solutions to this question reminds me of wooden dolls..the type that one is inside of the other, is inside of the other, is inside..etc. The answer is mathematical, sort of, assocative, you know..the graph where one set overlaps the other. It's a layered mess. Dellio makes it a comical layered mess!
I enjoyed his style of writing , like others have blogged. Actually, it is what kept me reading to the end. His style is reminiscent of an old Zero Mostel movie " A funny thing happened on the way to the forum". See it! There must be some connection! (looking left and right).
There are to many passages to"white noise" to mention, but here are a few of my favorites. Babbet teaches walking, sitting, and standing...its a feathery plume..black billowing cloud..enormous dark mass..and finally..airborne toxic event... Wilder crying for six hours.. Dejavu symtoms..followed later by closing of the Dejavu Crisis Center...Treadwells missing in the mall... a town psychic that finds the wrong criminal.. SIMUVAC...and..the..nebulous mass. These are the ones that got me laughing...Does anyone want to discuss these or others...Blog!
Craig. p.s. Thank you Megan for your mothers sphagetti receipe. psyblogs.
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