Disturbing the Peace

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Disturbing the Peace is a novel by American author Richard Yates that explores the psychological unraveling and midlife crisis of a troubled salesman.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Richard Yates NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
followsInAuthorOeuvre Special Providence
The Easter Parade
genre literary fiction
psychological fiction
hasSubject American middle class
family relationships
identity crisis
personal failure
self-destruction
literaryPeriod postwar American literature
mainCharacter John Wilder
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor bleak portrayal of mental breakdown
unsentimental prose style
notableWork Disturbing the Peace self-linksurface differs
originalLanguage English
partOf Richard Yates bibliography
protagonistOccupation salesman
publicationYear 1975
publisher Delacorte Press
setting American suburbs
New York City
theme alcoholism
marital breakdown
mental illness
midlife crisis
psychological unraveling
suburban disillusionment

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Richard Yates notableWork Disturbing the Peace
Disturbing the Peace notableWork Disturbing the Peace self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Richard Yates