Hubert Selby(International)assertionHubert Selbyi(A105341 works by)
(a.k.a.
Hubert Selby Jr.)
Born:Established:1928Brooklyn,New York (City),New York (State),
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Selby was an American author who spent his early life in the U.S. Merchant Marine. He was the author of numerous novels and became well-known for Last Exit to Brooklyn, which was subject to several obscenity cases. Selby's books Last Exit to Brooklyn and The Room were banned in Australia in 1965 and 1972 repectively.
