An edition of Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964)

Last Exit to Brooklyn

2nd Edition / Post-Trial Edition

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An edition of Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964)

Last Exit to Brooklyn

2nd Edition / Post-Trial Edition

by , , , , and

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.5 (8 ratings)
  • 118 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 16 Have read

Last Exit to Brooklyn is a raw depiction of life amongst New York's junkies, hustlers, drag queens and prostitutes. An unforgettable cast of characters inhabits the housing projects, bars and streets of Brooklyn: Georgette, a hopelessly romantic and tormented transvestite; Vinnie, a disaffected and volatile youth who has never been on the right side of the law; Tralala, who can find no escape from her loveless existence; Harry, a power-hungry strike leader with a fatal secret. Living on the edge, always walking on the wild side, their alienation and aggression mask a desperate, deep human need for affection and kinship.

Banned in Britain on first publication in 1964, Last Exit to Brooklyn brought its ex-marine, drug-addict author instant notoriety. Its truthfulness stunned a generation and continues to shock to this day.

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Publisher
Calder & Boyars, Distributed by Corgi
Language
English
Pages
317

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Subjects

Fiction, psychological, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, urban, City and town life, Fiction, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Social isolation, American Science fiction, Fiction, city life, LGBTQ fiction before Stonewall

Places

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), New York, New York (State)

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Cover of: Last Exit to Brooklyn
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1986, Grove Press
in English
Cover of: Last exit to Brooklyn
Last exit to Brooklyn
1985, Grove Press
in English - 1st Evergreen ed.
Cover of: Last exit to Brooklyn
Last exit to Brooklyn
1973, Grove Press
in English
Cover of: Last Exit to Brooklyn
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1970, Calder & Boyars, Distributed by Corgi
Paperback in English - 2nd Edition / Post-Trial Edition
Cover of: Last exit to Brooklyn
Last exit to Brooklyn
1968, Calder & Boyars
in English - 2nd ed. --
Cover of: Last exit to Brooklyn
Last exit to Brooklyn
1965, Grove Press
in English - 1st paperback ed.

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Edition Notes

Second ed. originally published 1968; post-trial edition complete and unexpurgated.

Published in
London
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.91

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
317p. ;
Number of pages
317

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL17537320M
ISBN 10
0552083720
OCLC/WorldCat
877650516
LibraryThing
23661
Goodreads
833854

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2737302W

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THEY sprawled along the counter and on the chairs.
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