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1. What is the narrative structure throughout the novel?

Last Exit to Brooklyn is written in the third-person point of view, with an omniscient narrator who can describe the intimate thoughts, behaviors, and actions of all characters throughout the novel. Each chapter is divided into parts, with a focus on a different character(s); however, all of the parts are loosely connected together, which gives readers perspectives of these characters' lives all living within the Brooklyn community.

2. What is the chapter structure of Last Exit to Brooklyn?

The novel is divided into six chapters, or parts, labeled as Parts I-V, with the sixth part as the "coda." Selby begins each chapter with a unique quote from the Bible, which gives context to what the each part will be about. By introducing each chapter with a quote from the Bible, readers understand that this novel is almost a creation mythos to Brooklyn itself, how it functions, who its characters are, and good and evil that resides there.

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