Requiem for a Dream
by Hubert Selby Jr.literary work· published 1978
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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.
Adaptations (1)
Requiem for a Dream was adapted into a 2000 film.
Requiem for a Dream2000 · film · 102 min · dir. Darren Aronofsky · IMDb ↗The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
