num_pages: 525
description: Several cross-country travelers--including a writer, a family on vacation, and a professor and his wife--end up in the little mining town of Desperation, where a crazy policeman and evil forces force them to fight for their lives. Read by Kathy Bates.
language: English
title: Desperation
titlecomplete: Desperation
characters: Collie Entragian, David Carver, American Law Enforcement
genres: Suspense, Fantasy, Novels, Horror, Supernatural, Thriller, Fiction, Paranormal, Audiobook, Mystery
ratings_count: 138279
places: Nevada, Desperation, Nevada
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel
publisher: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc.