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Overview"Bobby is young and black. He shares a cramped apartment in the South Bronx with his mother, his younger siblings and the ceaselessly scratching rats that infest the walls behind his bed. Barely a teenager, he is old beyond his years. The best thing in Bobby's life is Maria, his Hispanic girlfriend. They are in love, and they have big plans for the summer ahead. Their lives are irrevocably shattered when a vicious Hispanic street gang attack the couple as they walk to school. With Bobby savagely beaten and Maria lying in hospital, terrified and engulfed by the pain of her badly burned face, ""The Willow Tree"" takes the reader on a volcanically powerful trip through the lives of America's dispossessed inner-city dwellers. Into this bleak and smouldering hinterland, however, Selby introduces a small but vital note of love and compassion. When Bobby's bruised and bloodied body is discovered by Moishe, an aged concentration camp survivor, an unlikely friendship begins. As Moishe slowly, painfully, reveals his own tragic story, Bobby struggles angrily with his desperate need for revenge." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hubert Selby Jr.Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd Imprint: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.218kg ISBN: 9780714531397ISBN 10: 0714531391 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 17 May 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists...to understand his work is to understand the anguish of America.' The New York Times Book Review 'Hubert Selby is probably one of the six best novelists writing in the English language.' Financial Times Author InformationHubery Selby is acknowledged as one of the major 20th century American writers. Two of his cult classic novels have been made into films, LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN and REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, directed by Darren Aronofsky. Also by Hubert Selby Jr available from Marion Boyars: Last Exit to Brooklyn, The Room, The Demon, Requiem for a Dream and Song of the Silent Snow. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |