Last Exit to Brooklyn
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Last Exit to Brooklyn

by Hubert Selby, Jr.

1964•Drama•304 pages

Taste attributes: dramacrimefresh & originalunsavouryheavyenclosedemotive & stirringsocial commentarytroubled leadsself destruction/implosion

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Boxlist takeExpect a morally murky, inventive novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

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4.5 / 5

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About This Book

Last Exit to Brooklyn is a raw depiction of life amongst New York's junkies, hustlers, drag queens and prostitutes. 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...

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaCrimeSocial commentaryTroubled leadsSelf destruction/implosion

Subjects

City and town lifeObsessive-compulsive disorderSocial isolationAmerican Science fictionLGBTQ fiction before Stonewall

Details

Author
Hubert Selby, Jr.
Published
1964
Pages
304
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