num_pages: 280
description: In this searing novel first published in 1978, two young hoods, Harry and Tyrone, and a girlfriend fantasize about scoring a pound of heroin and getting rich. But their heroin habit gets the better of them, and Harry's mother's addiction to diet pills lands her in a state mental hospital.
language: English
title: Requiem for a Dream
titlecomplete: Requiem for a Dream
characters: Tyrone C, Harry Goldfarb, Sara Goldfarb, Marion Silver
genres: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Drama, American, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 59389
places: Coney Island, New York
publisher: Da Capo Press