The Demon
Author: Hubert Selby Jr.
Harry White is a man haunted by a satyr’s lust and an obsessive need for sin and retribution. The more Harry succeeds — a good marriage, a good corporate job — the more desperate he becomes, as a life of petty crime leads to fraud and murder and, eventually, to apocalyptic violence.Author of the controversial cult classic, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Hubert Selby began as a w….Read More
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