false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170344183m/46939.jpg 46939 5 <P>"I love the book because it transcends fashion and style. . . . It's fantastic."-Paul Morley, BBC 2 TV <I>Newsnight Review</I></P><P>A man pulls back from the brink of suicide when his application to buy a gun with which to shoot himself is -delayed. Instead of throwing his life away, he decides to spend all his time and effort disposing of those who he feels deserve to die. With a renewed zest for living, he embarks on a joyful killing spree, having found the true purpose of his existence.</P><P>"Like all great writers, Selby does not answer questions. He only raises them to a pitch so intense that only a scream or a prayer can stop the pain."-<I>San Francisco Chronicle</I></P> 46009 2002 Waiting Period total:173|5:23|4:45|3:63|2:32|1:10| 173 558 249 12 4 0 false false Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 06:31:51 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 25 01:57:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:08:17 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 00:10:37 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 18 00:14:36 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 00:16:05 -0800 2009 3 0 true false Fri Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Sat Jan 24 19:25:12 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 19:29:06 -0800 2009 Twice 1 0 false false Wed Jun 10 14:23:43 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 22:50:08 -0700 2009 Last Exit to Brooklyn.]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 31 19:38:38 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 19:39:24 -0800 2008 This book completely creeps you ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sun Jul 29 00:25:53 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 00:30:38 -0700 2007 Breathing Lessons was the standard of bad writing against which I measured all works of fiction.

This novel did not merely best Tyler's work. This novel ripped the crown right off Tyler's head.

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