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Waiting Period
Hubert Selby
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Description for Waiting Period
Paperback. Driven to desperation by the hand the world has dealt him, a man attempts to buy a gun to end his life. But a computer malfunction causes a delay with the gun license: a life-saving event that sees the man questioning why he should die when there are so many others he believes should go before him. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 6. Weight in Grams: 120.
Driven to desperation by the hand the world has dealt him, the suicidal narrator of Waiting Period attempts to buy a gun to end his life. But a computer malfunction causes a delay with the gun license: a life-saving event that sees the man questioning why he should die when there are so many others he believes should go before him. Planning the perfect murder, he chooses a victim - a bureaucrat responsible for denying him his benefits - and discovers to his amazement that his plan works perfectly. But now this man has found his purpose in life, how ... Read more
Driven to desperation by the hand the world has dealt him, the suicidal narrator of Waiting Period attempts to buy a gun to end his life. But a computer malfunction causes a delay with the gun license: a life-saving event that sees the man questioning why he should die when there are so many others he believes should go before him. Planning the perfect murder, he chooses a victim - a bureaucrat responsible for denying him his benefits - and discovers to his amazement that his plan works perfectly. But now this man has found his purpose in life, how ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Weight
119g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141195681
SKU
V9780141195681
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Ref
99-1
About Hubert Selby
Hubert Selby, Jr. was born in Brooklyn in 1928. At the age of 15, he dropped out of school and went to sea with the merchant marines. While at sea he was diagnosed with lung disease. With no other way to make a living, he decided to try writing: 'I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer.' In ... Read more
Reviews for Waiting Period
Selby'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
When Selby decides to attack, it is with the shock of a practised mugger and with the speed and economy of a poet
The Los Angeles Times
New York Times Book Review
When Selby decides to attack, it is with the shock of a practised mugger and with the speed and economy of a poet
The Los Angeles Times