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Last exit to Brooklyn - Hubert Selby Jr.

Film adaptation directed by Uli Edel
Film adaptation directed by Uli Edel

Series of stories set in 1950s Brooklyn; a local union official struggles with his sexuality during a strike, a sex worker trawls the bars for sailors and steals their money, and a crossdresser is thrown out of her home. Trigger warning, features a rape passage.

Submitted by flaneur on April 27, 2013
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