Secluded in his remand cell, a small-time criminal surrenders himself to sadistic fantasies of hatred and revenge. Selby's second novel is a claustrophobic descent into the tormented soul of a man trapped in a loveless society.
”Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists; to understand his work is to understand the anguish of America.”—New York Times Book Review
Born in Brooklyn New York, Hubert Selby Jr. achieved international recognition for Last Exit to Brooklyn. His other books include The Demon, The Willow Tree, and Song of the Silent Snow—all available Marion Boyars.

The Room

Literature & Fiction

Selby, Hubert

United States

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

Marion Boyars

Hubert Selby is probably one of the six best novelists writing in the English language.?Financial Times Author of controversial cult classic, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Hubert Selby began as a writer of short fiction. He excels in this form, plunging the reader head-first into the densely realized worlds of his protagonists, in which the details of daily life rub shoulders with obsession and madness. Although fundamentally concerned with morality, Selby's own sense of humility prevents him from preaching. He offers instead a passionate empathy with the ordinary dreams and aspirations of his characters, a brilliant ear for the urban vernacular and for the voices of conscience and self-deceit that torment his characters. "A major American author of a stature with William Burroughs and Joseph Heller."?Los Angeles Times "Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists ... to understand his work is to understand the anguish of America."?The New York Times Book Review Novels by Hubert Selby Jr available from Marion Boyars: Last Exit to Brooklyn, The Room, The Demon, Requiem for a Dream and The Willow Tree..

Song of the Silent Snow

Selby, Jr Hubert

Contemporary

An unforgettable cast of characters inhabits the housing projects, bars and streets of Brooklyn: Georgette, a hopelessly romantic and tormented transvestite; Vinnie, a disaffected and volatile youth who has never been on the right side of the law; Tralala, who can find no escape from her loveless existence; and, Harry, a power-hungry strike leader with a fatal secret. Living on the edge, always walking on the wild side, their alienation and aggression masks a desperate, deep human need for affection and kinship. Banned in Britain on first publication in 1964, "Last Exit to Brooklyn" brought its ex-marine, drug addict author instant notoriety. Its truthfulness stunned a generation and continues to shock to this day.

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Classics

Bloomsbury Pub Ltd

Eddie, a Russian exile, underground poet, and displaced enfant terrible records his irreverent views of American life while eking out a living in New York City

Grove Pr

1976, hardcover edition, Playboy Press, Chicago, IL. 312 pages. Hubert Selby Jr had the misfortune to write an early novel that became a modern classic. Last Exit to Brooklyn became the kind of book that critics celebrated, was adopted by college lit classes, and remains in print today. Follow ups are always a problem, but here is one that shows the author's gifts. Our protagonist is a man obsessed by power, sex, and ambition. He has corporate success, a wife and children, and other men's wives. His obsessions turn to minor shoplifting, breaking and entering, and more serious acts of violence. Here is a novel that talks about the sickness in our society, a story you'll remember.

The demon

Literary

Playboy Press

Over twenty years after its first publication in 1978, Requiem for a Dream makes it to the big screen in a major motion picture starring Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Jared Leto, and Christopher McDonald. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the highly acclaimed director of Pi, the movie was released in November 2000. In this searing novel, two young hoods, Harry and Tyrone, and a girlfriend fantasize about scoring a pound of uncut heroin and getting rich. But their habit gets the better of them, consumes them and destroys their dreams. "Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists. His work has the power, the intimacy with suffering and morality, the honesty and moral urgency of Dostoevsky's....To understand Selby's work is to understand the anguish of America." -- The New York Times Book Review

Requiem for a dream: A novel (Classic reprint series)

Distributed in the U.S.A. by Consortium Book Sales

Peu de livres ont suscité d'aussi fortes réactions que Last Exit to Brooklyn. Cela va de la plus forte admiration à l'aveugle fureur. Ce livre est essentiellement consacré à la violence qui déchire une société sans amour. II en fait comprendre les causes, et aussi les raisons de ceux qui l'imposent, la tragédie de ceux qui la subissent. Les personnages principaux sont inoubliables : Harry, le leader syndical qui, au cours de la grève qu'il a déclenchée, est amené à découvrir son homosexualité ; Tralala qui rejette le seul amour qui lui est offert et s'enfonce rapidement dans la prostitution la plus abjecte ; Georgette, le travesti aux touchantes aspirations culturelles ; Abraham, le nègre affranchi qui, malgré ses conquêtes et sa Cadillac, est incapable de nourrir sa famille ; tous les débris de la civilisation américaine pour lesquels l'auteur finit par nous communiquer une profonde compassion.

Last exit to Brooklyn

ALBIN MICHEL

Le démon

Romance

10 X 18

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The Room

The Room

Song of the Silent Snow

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Song of the Silent Snow

The demon

Requiem for a dream: A novel (Classic reprint series)

Last exit to Brooklyn

Le démon

Last exit to Brooklyn