Requiem For A Dream.

SELBY JR., Hubert.

Item Number: 136833

London: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 1979.

First edition of this work, basis for the 2000 classic film directed by Darren Aronofsky and stars Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans and Ellen Burstyn. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “H. Selby Jr.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Jacket design by John Collings. Uncommon signed.

"Requiem For A Dream is the story of three friends whose pursuit of wealth ends in addiction and tragedy. "To understand Selby's work is to understand the anguish of America" (New York Times Book Review).