SELBY JR., Hubert. Requiem for a Dream. London: Marion Boyars. 1979. 8vo. First British edition. Publisher’s aqua blue coth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket. A near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and square, the textblock slightly spotted. The contents clean and fine without stamps, inscriptions or spots. The dust jacket unclipped, just a trifle sunned to spine and flaps as is always the case due to print quality, but a very presentable copy.
A superb example of Selby’s fourth novel, instantly readable in its harsh and fast-paced syntax, yet harrowing and gruesome in its plot. Few better authors have written so powerfully of the anguish of America in the twentieth century. Basis for the equally superb film of the same name directed by Darron Aronofsky and starring Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans. The first British edition is scarce.
SELBY JR., Hubert. Requiem for a Dream. London: Marion Boyars. 1979. 8vo. First British edition. Publisher’s aqua blue coth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket. A near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and square, the textblock slightly spotted. The contents clean and fine without stamps, inscriptions or spots. The dust jacket unclipped, just a trifle sunned to spine and flaps as is always the case due to print quality, but a very presentable copy.
A superb example of Selby’s fourth novel, instantly readable in its harsh and fast-paced syntax, yet harrowing and gruesome in its plot. Few better authors have written so powerfully of the anguish of America in the twentieth century. Basis for the equally superb film of the same name directed by Darron Aronofsky and starring Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans. The first British edition is scarce.
