Waiting Period: (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover
Driven to desperation by the hand the world has dealt him, the suicidal narrator of Waiting Period attempts to buy a gun to end his life. But a computer malfunction causes a delay with the gun license: a life-saving event that sees the man questioning why he should die when there are so many others he believes should go before him. Planning the perfect murder, he chooses a victim - a bureaucrat responsible for denying him his benefits - and discovers to his amazement that his plan works perfectly. But now this man has found his purpose in life, how far will he go with his mission? In his final novel, Hubert Selby Jr. offers a shocking and fascinating examination of morality, murder and one man's personal war.
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When Selby decides to attack, it is with the shock of a practised mugger and with the speed and economy of a poet (The 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 (New York Times Book Review)
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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)
Hubert Selby, Jr. was born in Brooklyn in 1928. At the age of 15, he dropped out of school and went to sea with the merchant marines. 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.' In 1964 he completed his first book, Last Exit to Brooklyn, which has since become a cult classic. In 1966, it was the subject of an obscenity trial in the UK. His other books include The Room, The Demon, Requiem for a Dream, Song of the Silent Snow, The Willow Tree and Waiting Period. In 2000, Requiem for a Dream starred Jared Leto and Ellen Burstyn and was directed by Darren Aronofsky. Hubert Selby Jr died in Highland Park, Los Angeles, California in April 2004.
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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0141195681
- ISBN 13 9780141195681
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages160
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