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