Waiting Period

Selby, Hubert

| 2002

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In this highly polished and slightly twisted moral tale, 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. Targeting a bureaucrat in the Veterans' Administration, he devises an ingenious method of murdering people without trace. With a renewed zest for living he embarks on a joyful killing spreeI>Hubert Selby Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1928. After a career in the merchant marine cut short by illness, he achieved international recognition for his acclaimed cult classic, "Last Exit to Brooklyn." Darren Aronofsky's film adaptation of Selby's "Requiem for a Dream," starring Jared Leto and Ellen Burstyn was one of independent cinema's biggest hits in 2001. box]Also available: "The Room"TP $14.95,...

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