Alice Walker on 'Disturbing The Peace'

Published: Nov. 15, 2019, noon

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Alice Walker recommends Richard Yates\'\\xa0novel following an advertising executive\\xa0whose seemingly successful life quietly fractures under the pressure of mundanity, alcoholism, anger, and recklessness.\\xa0She says she was drawn to the book\\xa0because Yates\' world was so different from hers.

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