num_pages: 280
description: Last Exit to Brooklyn remains undiminished in its awesome power and magnitude as the novel that first showed us the fierce, primal rage seething in America’s cities. Selby brings out the dope addicts, hoodlums, prostitutes, workers, and thieves brawling in the back alleys of Brooklyn. This explosive best-seller has come to be regarded as a classic of modern American writing.
language: English
title: Last Exit to Brooklyn
titlecomplete: Last Exit to Brooklyn (Black Cat Book; B543)
characters: Tralala, Harry Black, Big Joe
genres: American, Dark, New York, Thriller, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 26580
places: Brooklyn, New York City, New York
publisher: Grove Press