Reddit mentions of The Room

The guy who wrote ''Requiem for a Dream'' wrote a book about a guy framed for a rape, that the cops who arrested him committed. I didn't spoil it, as that all happens right in the beginning. Most of the book is the framed guy's thought process as he is sitting in jail waiting for trial.
A masterpiece that literally makes the scariest book you ever read look like a My Little Pony episode. Not kidding. The horror of all horror books, period. Nothing comes near it.
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Selby's best book The TLS A terrifying journey into the darkest corners of the psyche Guardian Selby deploys street slang, common speech, argot and scatology to create a high poetic art...it seems to derive from the greatest American poetry--Whitman, Pound, Williams, and Olson The Nation One must be grateful to Selby for his fatal vision and strong, original talent Newsweek 'Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists ... to understand his work is to understand the anguish of America.' New York Times Book Review It's absolutely horrific ... but just about the most powerful novel I've ever read The Times

https://www.amazon.com/Room-Jr-Hubert-Selby/dp/0141195673

Don't say I didn't warn you! It will rip your head open and shoot flame throwers into your skull.