A reissue of a controversial novel first published in 1964 which has been republished to coincide with a new film. Written by a Brooklyn-born, ex-marine and drug addict, it describes the world of prostitutes, junkies and drag queens that he knew well.
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Review:
'A masterpiece' -- Al Alvarez
'An urgent tickertape from hell' -- Spectator
'Last Exit to Brooklyn is a tour de force of muscular, rhythmic prose' -- New Statesman
'Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists...so to understand his work is to understand the anguish of America' -- New York Times
From the Publisher:
Hubert Selby Jr's classic and controversial masterpiece of the wild underside of New York life.
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