The Demon
$26.62
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2011
Summary
Hubert Selby Jr, one of America’s most important novelists, comes to Penguin Modern Classics for the first time.
Harry White is the man other men want to be: admired by his peers, talented, rich, and desired by countless women. His steady rise to a position of unprecedented influence in a New York investment firm seems inevitable to those who know him, and on the way he acquires a beautiful wife and children. But with every achievement the desire to destroy what is his grows stronger.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141195643 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141195649 |
| Author: | Hubert Selby Jr. |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2011 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 131mm x 199mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
Selby’s place is in the front rank of American novelists … to understand his work is to understand the anguish of America.
Selby’s place is in the front rank of American novelists … to understand his work is to understand the anguish of America. * The New York Times Book Review *
A major author of a stature with William Burroughs and Joseph Heller * Los Angeles Times *
Hubert Selby Jr.
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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