41 pages 1 hour read

Hubert Selby Jr.

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

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Essay Topics

1.

The characters in Last Exit to Brooklyn find themselves trapped in cycles of violence. How do these cycles perpetuate?

2.

Criminality is a frequent motif in the lives of the characters. How does the setting affect their relationship to crime?

3.

How does the novel treat boundaries of gender?