by Hubert Selby Jr. · 10/18 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264065735
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«Last Exit to Brooklyn» is the novel by Hubert Selby Jr., published by 10/18 in paperback (377 pages, in French).
Set in the port district of Red Hook, Brooklyn, the novel portrays criminals, sailors, unionists and prostitutes trapped in a cycle of violence, alcohol and sex. The work's narrative style, influenced by jazz, conveys the desperation and brutality of lives marked by marginality.
The novel was originally published in 1964. This 2015 French edition includes the translation by Jean-Pierre Carasso and Jacqueline Huet.
Intended for readers of twentieth-century American fiction and literary fiction interested in social realism.
Hubert "Cubby" Selby Jr. was an American novelist. Two of his books, Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) and Requiem for a Dream (1978), were adapted into films, both of which he appeared in.
