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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 existence; Harry, a power-hungry strike leader with a fatal secret. Living on the edge, always walking on the wild side, their alienation and aggression masks a desperate, deep human need for affection and kinship. Banned in Britain on first publication in 1964, Last Exit To Brooklyn brought its ex-marine, drug addict author instant notoriety. Its truthfulness stunned a generation and continues to shock to this day.
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Last Exit to Brooklyn, Hubert Selby, Anthony Burgess
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- Released
- 1993
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- Title
- Last Exit to Brooklyn
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Hubert Selby, Anthony Burgess
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Released
- 1993
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0586085882
- ISBN13
- 9780586085882
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Thriller, Contemporary Fiction, Classics, Short Stories, USA, Murders, American Literature, Stories, Society, Life, Psychological Thrillers, Sexuality & Intimacy, New York, Violence, America, Drugs, Psychological novels, Lifestyle, Hatred, Rape, 1950s, Drug Addicts, Brutality, Brooklyn, Disrupted Youth
- First published
- 1964
- Original title
- Last Exit to Brooklyn
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- 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 existence; Harry, a power-hungry strike leader with a fatal secret. Living on the edge, always walking on the wild side, their alienation and aggression masks a desperate, deep human need for affection and kinship. Banned in Britain on first publication in 1964, Last Exit To Brooklyn brought its ex-marine, drug addict author instant notoriety. Its truthfulness stunned a generation and continues to shock to this day.