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Desperate Characters eBook ✓ Paperback desperate ebok, characters epub, Desperate CharactersDesperate Characters PDFThe mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation Henry David ThoreauSetting Late 60s Vietnam era a time of social unrest, assassinations, civil rights movement, anti Establishment upheaval that gave rise to the saying, Don t trust anyone over 30 Scene a renovated brownstone in Brooklyn, NY, on a street that is experiencing urban gentrification, but whose back overlooks a decaying slum.Main characters Otto and Sophie Bentwood, a wealthy, highly literate couple who have been married for 1 The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation Henry David ThoreauSetting Late 60s Vietnam era a time of social unrest, assassinations, civil rights movement, anti Establishment upheaval that gave rise to the saying, Don t trust anyone over 30 Scene a renovated brownstone in Brooklyn, NY, on a street that is experiencing urban gentrification, but whose back overlooks a decaying slum.Main characters Otto and Sophie Bentwood, a wealthy, highly literate couple who have
Desperate Characters eBook ✓ Paperback desperate ebok, characters epub, Desperate CharactersDesperate Characters PDFHow was I bamboozled in this WASPy angst reminiscent of John Cheever or somebody I picked up this book after a recent article listed the best taut and rather obscure books that you can read in a single sitting Well, yeh, you can read it in a single sitting so that part is true.I should ve known to back away when it received the endorsement of Jonathan Franzen who called it the greatest realist novel of the postwar era. ughh Book written in 1970 with the setting taking place somewhere around th How was I bamboozled in this WASPy angst reminiscent of John Cheever or somebody I picked up this book after a recent article listed the best taut and rather obscure books that you can read in a single sitting Well, yeh, you can read it in a single sitting so that part is true.I should ve known to back away when it received the endorsement of Jonathan Franzen who called it the greatest realist novel of the postwar era. ughh Book written in 1970 with t
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Desperate Characters eBook ✓ Paperback desperate ebok, characters epub, Desperate CharactersDesperate Characters PDFSimply put, this is a good piece of writing.Bravo to Jonathan Franzen for rediscovering Paula Fox A perfect short novel A few characters, a small stretch of time setting and action confined and yet, as in Tolstoy s The Death of Ivan Ilyich, everthing crucial within our souls bared blurb on the backI enjoyed reading it Simply put, this is a good piece of writing.Bravo to Jonathan Franzen for rediscovering Paula Fox A perfect short novel A few characters, a small stretch of time setting and action confined and yet, as in Tolstoy s The Death of Ivan Ilyich, everthing crucial within our souls bared blurb on the backI enjoyed reading it
Desperate Characters eBook ✓ Paperback desperate ebok, characters epub, Desperate CharactersDesperate Characters PDF4.5 stars This is a brilliant short novel that in less than 200 pages really gets in your head and under your skin I think a second reading is probably required to fully appreciate all the subtext Can t wait to discuss this one with my book group.