White Noise

Jack Gladney is a family man. He Lives with his fourth wife, Babette, and their four children, in the suburb of Blacksmith. Jack teaches at the College-on-the-Hill, where he is the creator and chairman of the Hitler Studies program. It's a life that is going well enough, until a chemical spill from a rail car releases an 'Airborne Toxic Event' and Jack is suddenly forced to confront an all-consuming fear - his own mortality.
Often regarded as DeLillo's masterpiece, White Noise is a darkly funny and terrifyingly astute satire of modern malaise.