Last Exit to Brooklyn (An Evergreen Book)

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.

First Sentence

THEY sprawled along the counter and on the chairs.

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Other Editions

• Last Exit to Brooklyn (An Evergreen Book)PaperbackGrove Press1994-01-13
• Last exit to BrooklynGrove Press1965-01-01
• Last Exit to BrooklynPaperbackGrove Press1965-01-01
• Last Exit to BrooklynHardcoverMarion Boyars Publishers1968-10-01
• Last exit to BrooklynEditions Albin Michel1970-01-01
• Last exit to BrooklynGrove Press1973-01-01