Desperate characters
by Fox, Paula
Otto and Sophie Bentwood live in a changing neighborhood in Brooklyn. Their stainless steel sink is new, their Mercedes is parked at the curb. But when Sophie is bitten by a possibly rabies-infected stray cat, a series of disasters begin to plague the Brentwoods' lives, revealing the fault lines in a marriage--and a society--wrenching itself apart.--From publisher description.
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- Full title :Desperate characters / Paula Fox ; introduction by Jonathan Franzen.
Summary
Otto and Sophie Bentwood live in a changing neighborhood in Brooklyn. Their stainless steel sink is new, their Mercedes is parked at the curb. But when Sophie is bitten by a possibly rabies-infected stray cat, a series of disasters begin to plague the Brentwoods' lives, revealing the fault lines in a marriage--and a society--wrenching itself apart.--From publisher description.
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- Publication Date:1999
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):W.W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1999
Notes
Originally published: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970.
"First published as a Norton paperback 1999"--Title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:190 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0393351106, 9780393351101, 039331894X, 9780393318944
- oclc:ocn891671994
- LC Classification:PS3556.O94
- Dewey Decimal:813./54
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