Understanding Hubert Selby Jr.

by James Richard Giles

The unique narrative perspective of an eloquent advocate of the urban outcast

Since the publication in 1964 of his novel Last Exit to Brooklyn, which quickly achieved the status of a cult classic, Hubert Selby, Jr., has held a place as one of the foremost exponents of American underground literature. His work has yet to receive extensive critical attention, in part because of its deliberately shocking subject matter and its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570031762
• ISBN13: 9781570031762
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.2"