Hubert Selby Jr.

FOREWORD TO THE POST-TRIAL EDITION Last Exit to Brooklyn was first published in Great Britain on 24th January 1966. It had already been available in an American edition for over a year and had had exceptionally favourable reviews in the U.S.A. It had come to the notice of Marion Boyars who, with...

His friends called him Harry the Lover. But Harry would not screw just anyone. It had to be a woman a married woman. They were less trouble. When they were with Harry, they knew what they were there for. No wining or dining. No romancing. If they expected this, they were sadly mistaken; and if...

He was conscious of the dark stillness in the corridor. He knew there was nothing to be seen, yet he continued to stare thru the reflection of his face in the small window. The corridor was only 7 feet wide and the wall opposite was dimly visible. He read the signs over the dirty-linen...