Author and poet Saleena Godden joins John Mitchinson, Andy Miller and Mathew Clayton to discuss Hubert Selby Jr's legendary transgressive novel of dead end life in working class 50's Brooklyn. WARNING: contains obligatory reference the The Fall.

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4'02 - Spire by William Golding

6'51 - Golden Hill by Francis Spufford

17'57 - Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr

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