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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.
About Hubert Selby Jr.: Hubert Selby, Jr. was born in Brooklyn and went to sea as a merchant marine while still in his teens. Laid low by lung disease, h...
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.
Jan 1, 2001 · Hubert Selby, Jr. was born in Brooklyn and went to sea as a merchant marine while still in his teens. Laid low by lung disease, he was, after a decade of hospitalizations, written off as a goner and sent home to die.
Hubert Selby Jr. has 37 books on Goodreads with 339024 ratings. Hubert Selby Jr.’s most popular book is Requiem for a Dream.
Hubert Selby, Jr., is one of the more controversial (and arguably the most pessimistic) of postwar American authors, generally more appreciated in Europe than in his home country.
