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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
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- 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...
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.
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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...
Hubert Selby Jr., Gilbert Sorrentino (Editor) Few novels have caused as much debate as Hubert Selby Jr.'s notorious masterpiece, Last Exit to Brooklyn, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting. Described by various reviewers as hellish and obscene, Last Exit to Brooklyn tells the ...
Learn about the life and works of the American writer Hubert Selby Jr., who wrote controversial novels such as Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream. Find out about his struggles with tuberculosis, addiction, censorship and literary style.
