Last Exit to Brooklyn

Description:

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.

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)