Hubert Selby Jr. (1928–2004)
Autor von Letzte Ausfahrt Brooklyn
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- Selby, Hubert, Jr.
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- 1928-07-23
- Todestag
- 2004-04-26
- Geschlecht
- male
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- USA
- Geburtsort
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Sterbeort
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Todesursache
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA
- Ausbildung
- Stuyvesant High School
- Berufe
- auteur
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- United States Merchant Marine
University of Southern California
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Selby's The demon is the precursor of that story, first published in 1976.
The demon isn't half as scary or cruel as American Psycho. Another drawback is that it takes the novel a very long time to develop. Nothing much happens during the first 150 pages, to the extent that I was tempted to abandon the book, but it must be said that I had no idea what the book was about. Retrospectively, the long introduction seems appropriate to build up toward the horror of the latter part of the story.
The time frame of The demon is several decades. The readers sees the development of Harry White from his bachelor years through the maturing of his child, which obviously encompasses his honeymoon and marriage, and his lust and pursuit of other women around it. The novel really kicks off when Harry starts on an impulsive habit of buying plants to decorate the house, and a scene in which he ends up frantically stabbing a Dieffenbachia, a type of chamber pot plant, typical for that era, and a red flag signal moment in the novel.
The demon is psychologically much more subtle that American Psycho, through less extreme in its violence. Still, all ingredients of the later novel are already there.… (mehr)