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Hubert " Cubby " Selby Jr. [1] (July 23, 1928 – April 26, 2004) was an American writer. Two of his novels, Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) and Requiem for a Dream (1978), explore worlds in the New York area and were adapted as films, both of which he appeared in.
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- April 26, 2004
- July 23, 1928
- Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr., Darren Aronofsky (Foreword), Richard Price (Foreword)
- Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr., Gilbert Sorrentino (Editor)
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- The Demon.
Apr 27, 2004 · Hubert Selby Jr., the Brooklyn-born ex-merchant mariner who turned to drugs and to writing after cheating death and created a lasting vision of urban hell in his novel ''Last Exit...
Hubert Selby Jr., the internationally acclaimed author of “Last Exit to Brooklyn,” “Requiem for a Dream” and other dark, existential novels that dealt with the victims of a society...
Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby Jr. The novel takes a harsh, uncompromising look at lower class Brooklyn in the 1950s written in a brusque, everyman style of prose. Critics and fellow writers praised the book on its release.
- Hubert Selby
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Jan 1, 2001 · Hubert Selby Jr., Darren Aronofsky (Foreword), Richard Price (Foreword) 4.11. 60,806 ratings1,863 reviews. In Coney Island, Brooklyn, lonely widow Sarah Goldfarb wants nothing more than to lose weight and appear on a television game show.
Apr 28, 2004 · April 28, 200412:00 AM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. Listen. He died Monday at the age of 75. In 1964, his book Last Exit To Brooklyn, shocked readers with its salty language and explicit portrayal...
