First published in 1970 to great acclaim, this novel stands as one of the most dazzling and rigorous examples of the storyteller\'s craft in postwar American literature--a novel that, according to Irving Howe, ranks with Billy Budd and The Great Gatsby.
First published in 1970 to wide acclaim, Desperate Characters stands as one of the most dazzling and rigorous examples of the storyteller\'s craft in postwar American literature -- a novel that, according to Irving Howe, ranks with Billy Budd, The Great Gatsby, Miss Lonelyhearts , and Seize the Day ..
After Sophie is bitten on the hand while trying to feed a stray, perhaps rabies-infected cat, a series of small and ominous disasters begin to plague the Bentwoods\' lives, revealing the fault lines and fractures in a marriage--and a society--wrenching itself apart.
Their stainless-steel kitchen is newly installed, and their Mercedes is parked curbside.
Otto and Sophie Bentwood live in a changing neighborhood in Brooklyn.
First published in 1970 to great acclaim, this novel stands as one of the most dazzling and rigorous examples of the storyteller\'s craft in postwar American literature--a novel that, according to Irving Howe, ranks with Billy Budd and The Great Gatsby
