Last Exit to Brooklyn 📖

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Selby, Hubert
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contemporary fiction social realism past tense third limited POV ~398 pp

Vibe

gritty bleak visceral

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 95%
noneexplicit
Humor 45%
seriouscomedic
Romance 35%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count99,526
Page count~398 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited