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Requiem for a Dream

By: Hubert Selby Jr.
Narrated by: William DeMeritt
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A tale of four people trapped by their addictionsthe basis for the acclaimed Darren Aronofsky filmby the author of Last Exit to Brooklyn.

Sara 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 mania. Her son, Harry, is living in the streets with his friend Tyrone and girlfriend Marion, where they spend their days selling drugs and dreaming of escape. When their heroin supply dries up, all three descend into an abyss of dependence and despair, their lives, like Saras, doomed by the destructive power of drugs. Tragic and captivating, Requiem for a Dream is one of Selbys most powerful works and an indelible portrait of the ravages of addiction.

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An incredible bleak perspective of an all too human reality. A story of humanity lost in life through our search for meaning.

Grim, Bleak, Real

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