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Hubert Selby, Jr. Message Board 7/4/2005 2:25:05 PM
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Author Jr.'s Book Reviews

Requiem for a Dream
There are four main characters: Sara Goldfarb, Harry Goldfarb, Marion, and Tyrone C Love. Sara's dream is to be on television. In order to be on television, she needs to lose weight and becomes addicted to diet pills. Her son, Harry, gets addicted to heroin. At first Harry, Marion, and Tyrone want to sell heroin to make a fortune and to follow through with their dreams. Instead, they get addicted to heroin . All they can think about is heroin while all S...
The Room
A prisoner becomes increasingly tormented in his cell, resorting to sickening and disturbing fantasies of revenge. This is a book filled with hate and violence, including sexual violence, but one that also poses questions about justice and the absence of compassion in our society....