Requiem for a Dream

Name: Requiem for a Dream
Author: Hubert Selby Jr.

by Hubert Selby Jr.

Novel of interconnected lives spiraling into addiction, hopelessness, and destruction

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Hubert Selby Jr.

Hubert Selby Jr. wrote the most brutal and compassionate prose about American poverty and addiction. Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream are unflinching portraits of urban desperation.

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