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product_id: 276690141
title: "Desperate Characters"
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# 4.2/5 star reader rating Classic postwar American literature Brooklyn neighborhood setting Desperate Characters

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## Summary

> 📖 Unlock the secrets of a crumbling 'good life'—read the novel everyone’s quietly obsessed with.

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- **What is this?** Desperate Characters
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## Key Features

- • **Enduring Relevance:** A 50+ year-old novel that resonates powerfully with today’s social anxieties.
- • **Critically Acclaimed:** Praised for masterful storytelling and deeply relatable characters.
- • **Rich Social Commentary:** Explores fragile modern life and societal fractures with razor-sharp insight.
- • **Authentic Brooklyn Vibes:** Immerse yourself in a vividly depicted changing urban neighborhood.
- • **Timeless Literary Masterpiece:** Ranks alongside The Great Gatsby and Billy Budd, a must-have for discerning readers.

## Overview

Desperate Characters, published by W W Norton Company, is a critically acclaimed 1970 novel set in Brooklyn that masterfully explores the unraveling of a marriage and society through vivid storytelling and social critique. With a 4.2-star rating from over 500 readers, it remains a timeless, relevant literary classic that captures the fragility of modern aspirations.

## Description

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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #131,773 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,058 in U.S. Literature #8,811 in Literary Fiction #14,159 in Genre Fiction |
| Customer reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (548) |
| Dimensions  | 13.97 x 1.78 x 21.08 cm |
| Edition  | Reissue |
| ISBN-10  | 0393351106 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0393351101 |
| Item weight  | 1.05 Kilograms |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 192 pages |
| Publication date  | 30 March 2015 |
| Publisher  | W. W. Norton & Company |

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*Last updated: 2026-09-19*