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Joyce and Marshall each think the other is killed on September 11—and must swallow their disappointment when the other arrives home. As their bitter divorce is further complicated by anthrax scares, suicide bombs, and foreign wars, they suffer, in ways unexpectedly personal and increasingly ludicrous, the many strange ravages of our time. In this astonishing black comedy, Kalfus suggests how our nation’s public calamities have encroached upon our most private illusions.
Kalfus s daring, intelligent exploration of animosity in its various forms (spousal and familial, political and religious) is a novelistic evocation of global despair: "This was a world of heedless materialism, impiety, baseness and divorce. Sense was not made, this was jihad. Yet in its final pages, the novel pulls a twist, moving into a surreal account of American success in Iraq and the dawning of democracy in the Middle East. The dream of a happy marriage may, Kalfus seems to suggest, be equally far-fetched as the political fantasy of a world made better by war.
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reviewed Disorder Peculiar to the Country on April 22, 2010
Disorder Peculiar to the Country
Marriages will always fail unless one sex agrees to be slightly less dominant. Otherwise:
Where did you leave the car keys? ON THE TABLE WHERE THEY ALWAYS ARE. Where did I put my hat? IT'S ON THE HAT-HOOK WHERE IT USUALLY IS. What should I wear tonight? DON'T BE STUPID JUST WEAR BLACK TROUSERS AND DON'T PUT ON THAT CARTOON TIE YOU'RE NOT A CLOWN. Do I have time for a quick pee? NO WE HAVE TO GO NOW, YOU SAID YOU'D BE READY AT FIVE EXACTLY. I forgot to pick up the potatoes. OH THAT'S GREAT NOW WE CAN'T MAKE THE CASSEROLE. Can you stay in tonight with the kids? I'VE BEEN PLANNING THIS NIGHT WITH THE BOYS FOR MONTHS. I need more bedclothes. YOU'RE ALWAYS HOGGING THE DUVET FOR GOD'S SAKE SHOW SOME CONSIDERATION. I stopped for a drink. YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T DRINK AGAIN OH GOD YOU'RE ALWAYS LYING TO ME. Could you move those things out the hall now? I'VE ONLY BEEN IN FIVE MINUTES AND ALREADY YOU'RE NAGGING AT ME. We haven't had sex in five months. OH GOD I JUST DON'T FIND YOU ATTRACTIVE IN THAT WAY ANYMORE WILL YOU JUST LEAVE IT? Do you think we should split up? SHUT UP MY PROGRAMME'S ON.
My tip? Be the slightly less dominant sex. Take one for the team. Accept that love fades away after five years. And be happy.
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