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- Published: 6 October 2011
- ISBN: 9780141195674
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $29.99
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- Published: 6 October 2011
- ISBN: 9780141195674
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $29.99
Selby's best book
The TLS
A terrifying journey into the darkest corners of the psyche
Guardian
Selby deploys street slang, common speech, argot and scatology to create a high poetic art...it seems to derive from the greatest American poetry--Whitman, Pound, Williams, and Olson
The Nation
One must be grateful to Selby for his fatal vision and strong, original talent
Newsweek
'Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists ... to understand his work is to understand the anguish of America.'
New York Times Book Review
It's absolutely horrific ... but just about the most powerful novel I've ever read
The Times