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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.
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 to...
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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- 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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Sep 16, 2010 · Able to humanise addiction and to demonstrate how it is exacerbated by the consumerist motors of television and advertising, Selby is a novelist whose insight and humanity we should treasure for...
Requiem for a Dream is a 1978 novel by American writer Hubert Selby Jr., that concerns four New Yorkers whose lives spiral out of control as they succumb to their addictions.
Overview. Born. July 23, 1928 · Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died. April 26, 2004 · Los Angeles, California, USA (chronic pulmonary disease) Mini Bio. American writer. He was born and brought up in New York City, the son of Hubert and Adalin Selby.