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Violence
Some
9/11 violence referenced; trauma aftermath
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Post-traumatic grief; identity dissolution; the impossibility of returning to before
What this book is about
DeLillo's 2007 9/11 novel follows Keith, a survivor of the World Trade Center collapse, and his fractured family. Interspersed with chapters from a hijacker's perspective. Quiet, devastating, psychological. For adults.
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9/11 violence and its psychological aftermath
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