Requiem for a dream
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About This Book
This book is about four individuals who pursued the American Dream. In this searing novel, two young hoods, Harry and Tyrone, and a girlfriend fantasize about scoring a pound of uncut heroin and getting rich. But their heroin habit gets the better of them, consumes them and destroys their dreams and Harry's mother's addiction to diet pills lands her in a state mental hospital.
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Sign InDrug abuseDrug addictsFictionFiction in EnglishMothers and sonsNew york (n.y.), fictionFiction, psychologicalMothers and sons, fictionFiction, media tie-inAlienation (Social psychology)
The Swinging Light
Book Details
First Published
1978
Pages
279 pages
Rating
4.0 / 5
Ratings
1
Editions
9
Publisher
Thunder's Mouth Press
Language
POR, ENG, RUS
Status
Published
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