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The Room

The Room

by Hubert Selby, Jr.

1971Reading Level-Grade 7Reading Level-Grade 9Reading Level-Grade 8Reading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 10
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About this book

Secluded in his remand cell, a small-time criminal surrenders himself to sadistic fantasies of hatred and revenge. Selby's second novel is a claustrophobic descent into the tormented soul of a man trapped in a loveless society.

Themes & subjects

Reading Level-Grade 7Reading Level-Grade 9Reading Level-Grade 8Reading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 10Reading Level-Grade 12
First published 1971

About the author

Hubert Selby, Jr.

23 July 1928 – 26 April 2004

Author

Hubert Selby, Jr.

First published

1971

Pages

288

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

7

Language

English

Publisher

Penguin Books

ISBN

9780141195674

Where to buy

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