The Room
Author: Hubert Selby Jr.
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…..Read More
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