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by Gary, December 29, 2008 2:52 PM
One critic aptly described Selby's debut novel, Last Exit to Brooklyn, as an "urgent ticker tape from hell." This book will grab you by the throat and drag you, willingly or otherwise, into Selby's Brooklyn ? a Brooklyn inhabited by dope addicts, hoodlums, prostitutes, drag queens, corrupt union workers, and thieves brawling in the back alley. Selby's ability to write these otherwise despicable characters with compassion is what makes his novels so intriguing.
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