The Room by Hubert Selby Jr. (Paperback, 2011)

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Hubert Selby, Jr. was born in Brooklyn in 1928. While at sea he was diagnosed with lung disease. With no other way to make a living, he decided to try writing: 'I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer.'.

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'Selby's best book' The Times Literary Supplement 'It is quite an experience to be locked up all by yourself in any size room,' says the anonymous narrator of Hubert Selby Jr.'s second novel. What follows is a startling series of recollections and fantasies that illuminate the workings of a prisoner's unhinged mind. He yearns for his violent childhood, rages against obscure authorities, and imagines enacting horrible revenge on those who imprisoned him. The prisoner's remand cell becomes the scene of a surreal mental torture. Disorienting, nightmarish and structurally inventive, The Room Selby Jr's sequel to Last Exit to Brooklyn, is a shocking examination of the suffering humans can inflict on each other. 'To understand his work is to understand the anguish of America' The New York Times Book Review

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PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141195674
eBay Product ID (ePID)111623976

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Book TitleThe Room
AuthorHubert Selby Jr.
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2011
Number of Pages240 Pages

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Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Item Weight179g

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Title_AuthorHubert Selby Jr.
Series TitlePenguin Modern Classics
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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