White Noise

<b>The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of <i>Underworld </i>and <i>Libra</i>&#151;<b>an &#147;eerie brilliant and touching&#148; (<i>New York Times</i>) family drama about mass culture and the numbing effects of technology&#151;now</b> a major motion picture starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig<br></b><i><br>White Noise</i> tells the story of Jack Gladney his fourth wife Babette and four ultra&#173;modern offspring as they navigate the rocky passages of family life to the background babble of brand-name consumerism. When an industrial accident unleashes an airborne toxic event a lethal black chemical cloud floats over their lives. The menacing cloud is a more urgent and visible version of the white noise engulfing the Gladneys&#151;radio transmissions sirens microwaves ultrasonic appliances and TV murmurings&#151;pulsing with life yet heralding something ominous.