Alice Walker on 'Disturbing The Peace'

Alice Walker recommends Richard Yates' novel following an advertising executive whose seemingly successful life quietly fractures under the pressure of mundanity, alcoholism, anger, and recklessness. She says she was drawn to the book because Yates' world was so different from hers. —This author recommends— Disturbing the Peace: A Novel —More from this author— Interview: What To Do With An Arrow In Your Heart

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Bookmarks are stories mined from our secret lives as readers. Stories of intimate relationships and life-changing encounters with books. Stories about the books we can’t forget. In this series from the producers behind “ To The Best Of Our Knowledge,” we ask writers and creators to share what they’ve read and how it shaped them. Learn more at ttbook.org/bookmarks