num_pages: 288
description: '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.
language: English
title: The Room
titlecomplete: The Room
genres: Dark, Thriller, Novels, Crime, Literature, Horror, Classics, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 6232
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers