An evocative, poignant saga of four people trappedand ultimately destroyedby their addictionsSara Goldfarb is devastated by the death of her husband. She spends her days watching game shows and obsessing over appearing on television as a contestantand her prescription diet pills only accelerate her
Requiem for a Dream
โ Scribed by Hubert Selby Jr.
- Publisher
- Distributed by Publishers Group West, Thunder's Mouth Press
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 163 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
This book is about four individuals who pursued the American Dream. In this searing novel, two young hoods, Harry and Tyrone, and a girlfriend fantasize about scoring a pound of uncut heroin and getting rich. But their heroin habit gets the better of them, consumes them and destroys their dreams and Harry's mother's addiction to diet pills lands her in a state mental hospital.
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