The Room
'It is quite an experience to be locked up all by yourself in any size room' says the anonymous narrator of Hubert Selby Jr.'s second novel. What follows is a startling series of recollections and fantasies that illuminate the workings of a prisoner's unhinged mind. He yearns for his violent...
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'It is quite an experience to be locked up all by yourself in any size room' says the anonymous narrator of Hubert Selby Jr.'s second novel. What follows is a startling series of recollections and fantasies that illuminate the workings of a prisoner's unhinged mind. He yearns for his violent childhood, rages against obscure authorities, and imagines enacting horrible revenge on those who imprisoned him. The prisoner's remand cell becomes the scene of a surreal mental torture. Disorienting, nightmarish and structurally inventive, "The Room" is a shocking examination of the suffering humans can inflict on each other.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141195674 (0141195673)
Publish date: August 25th 2011
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 225
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Academic,
Literature,
American,
Mystery,
Culture,
Contemporary,
College,
Thriller,
Crime,
Horror,
Dark
This was a captivating exploration into the darker corners of the human mind. Selby's stream-of-consciousness was, as always, very well done.The narrator was incredibly unreliable, but also incredibly relatable. His mantras of "Some screwy thing is always happening to me" and "What do they want from...
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