Waiting Period
by Hubert Selby Jr.
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Author: Hubert Selby Jr.Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN: 0714530905
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
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Book Review: inside the mind of.....?
Summary: 4 Stars
I was not aware that Mr. Selby had continued to write, since most of his works were written in the 70s, but i am shure glad that he has not given up. "Waiting Period" is one of those books that if you only go by what's on the back cover, you would probabaly be prone to put it back on the shelf, but to the loyal few and general public who like Selbys work this is another must have. This novel has been brought to us in a time where things of this nature seem so common, i meen how hard is it to picture on the news, the events that have been written in this book. Basicaly the book is about a war veteran who is fed up with his life and decides to kill himself,on his way to purchasing a gun the "new" computer program gets jammed up, thus forcing out hero/villan to suffer a "waiting period". Our main guy then has a revelation that his life is not all that bad but the ones who deserve to die are the ones who have done him wrong, (i.e. the people who turned him down repeatedly for veteren benifits), and thus the book goes from there. I wont go on to tell the remainder because i urge everyone to read this book. Selby has the unique gift of traveling inside the characters mind and ripping out what we need to see. His sentance structure and dialogue tend to be slow and drawn out at times but maybee thats the way mentally insane people think. Hubert Selby has a gift that i am glad to share in, he doesnt write to make you feel good, he writes to make you feel real, holding nothing back, however if you are like me you always tend to find a glimmer of hope in all of his novels. they might be so far buried that you have to read and re-read but they are always there. Pick this up if you are not scared to read about the present.
Summary of Waiting Period
"I love the book because it transcends fashion and style. . . . It?s fantastic."?Paul Morley, BBC 2 TV Newsnight Review
A man pulls back from the brink of suicide when his application to buy a gun with which to shoot himself is -delayed. Instead of throwing his life away, he decides to spend all his time and effort disposing of those who he feels deserve to die. With a renewed zest for living, he embarks on a joyful killing spree, having found the true purpose of his existence.
"Like all great writers, Selby does not answer questions. He only raises them to a pitch so intense that only a scream or a prayer can stop the pain."?San Francisco Chronicle
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