Why Join?

  • Add New Books

  • Write a Review

  • Backpack Reading Lists

  • Monthly Newsletter

Join Now

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Author(s): Hubert Selby Jr

Location(s): Brooklyn

Genre(s): Fiction, Horror

Era(s): Mid 20th Century

Location

Content

Last Exit to Brooklyn remains undiminished in its awesome power and magnitude as the novel that first showed us the fierce, primal rage seething in America’s cities. Selby brings out the dope addicts, hoodlums, prostitutes, workers, and thieves brawling in the back alleys of Brooklyn. This explosive best-seller has come to be regarded as a classic of modern American writing.

Review this Book

To review this book, please

Log in

Book Reviews

Lead Review

“Scorching, unrelenting, pulsing.”-Newsweek

Read review