Few novels have caused as much controversy as Hubert Selby Jr.'s notorious masterpiece. Described by various reviewers as hellish and obscene, it tells the stories of New Yorkers who at every turn confront the worst excesses in human nature. Yet there are moments of exquisite tenderness in these tro[...]

'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 childho[...]

Fat Phil can't lose at dice, even when his friends turn nasty and he's trying his hardest; a salesman finds success comes from fortune cookie mottoes, but panics when these mottoes turn against him; a date goes so perfectly a man talks himself out of ever seeing the woman again; and, a commuter find[...]

Over twenty years after its first publication in 1978, Requiem for a Dream makes it to the big screen in a major motion picture starring Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Jared Leto, and Christopher McDonald. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the highly acclaimed director of Pi, the movi[...]

Den prostituerade Tralala lever på att plocka upp sjömän på barer och sno deras plånböcker. Men nu tycks hon ha gått och blivit kär. Finns det ett lyckligt slut för henne, trots allt? På det nattöppna sunkhaket håller ett gäng unga ligister ögonen på en soldat på permission. Soldate[...]

Päätepysäkki: Brooklyn on järisyttävä klassikkoromaani vuodelta 1964. Teos on säilyttänyt hämmästyttävän voimansa ensimmäisenä kuvauksena siitä hurjan alkukantaisesta raivosta, joka yhä kiehuu amerikkalaisissa kaupungeissa. Köyhyysloukussa elävät transvestiitit, prostituoidut, kod[...]