{"product_id":"requiem-for-a-dream-penguin-modern-classics-9780141195667","title":"Requiem for a Dream Penguin Modern Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarry Goldfarb, heroin addict and son of lonely widow Sara, cares only about enjoying the good life with girlfriend Marion and best friend Tyrone C Love, and making the most of all the hash, poppers and dope they can get. Sara Goldfarb sits at home with the TV, dreaming of the life she could have and struggling with her own addictions - food and diet pills. But these four will pay a terrible price for the pleasures they believe they are entitled to.  A passionate, heart-breaking tale of the crushing weight of hope and expectation, \u003ci\u003eRequiem for a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark modern-day fable of New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelby's place is in the front rank of American novelists ... to understand his work is to understand the anguish of America * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eSelby deploys street slang, common speech, argot and scatology to create a high poetic art ... it seems to derive from the greatest American poetry--Whitman, Pound, Williams, and Olson * The Nation *\u003cbr\u003eSelby brings a scorching light to a limited area of human existence, which most people know of but do not know * Newsweek *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732438823255,"sku":"9780141195667","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141195667.jpg?v=1719996877","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/requiem-for-a-dream-penguin-modern-classics-9780141195667","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}