The Room (Signed)

Hubert Selby Jr.

ISBN 10: 0394475887 / ISBN 13: 9780394475882

Published by Grove Press, 1971

About this Item

Signed by Selby. Advance review copy with slip laid in. His 2nd book published 7 years after Last Exit to Brooklyn . Very good plus with a small ink price of 75 cents front end paper. Tiny soil spot bottom for-edge. Very good plus unclipped dust jacket. White dust jacket is a bit sunned at spine with a touch of edge wear. Scarce signed. See photos.

Seller Inventory # 005680

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Room (Signed)
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394475887
• ISBN 13: 9780394475882
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Secluded in his remand cell, a small-time criminal surrenders himself to sadistic fantasies of hatred and revenge. Selby's second novel is a claustrophobic descent into the tormented soul of a man trapped in a loveless society.

”Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists; to understand his work is to understand the anguish of America.”â New York Times Book Review

Born in Brooklyn New York, Hubert Selby Jr. achieved international recognition for Last Exit to Brooklyn. His other books include The Demon, The Willow Tree, and Song of the Silent Snowâ all available Marion Boyars.

About the Author

Hubert Selby Jr. was born in Brooklyn New York in 1928. After a career in the merchant marine cut short short by illness, he achieved interntational recognition for Last Exit To Brooklyn. His other novels include The Demon in 1976, The Willow Tree in 1998 and a collection of stories Song of the Silent Snow in 1986, all published by Marion Boyars.