Author: hubertselbyjr

A harrowing portrait of addiction that inspired the film of the same name: Widowed Sara takes refuge in a drug-fueled fantasy life — while her son, Harry, faces his own battle. “One of the greatest novels of the century” (The Nation), with over 18,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

“Earthy, thoughtful, funny” stories of love and despair, destiny and dumb luck, by the author of Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream (Library Journal). Hubert Selby Jr. made an indelible mark on contemporary American literature with Last Exit to Brooklyn, a controversial novel that explored life at the lowest strata of urban society. But even before that novel altered the landscape of … even before that novel altered the landscape of American fiction, Selby was honing his literary craft with short fiction that cast the human condition in a stark light, stories “known for their harrowing portrayal…

A “scorching, unrelenting, pulsing” novel (Newsweek): In post–World War II Brooklyn, the poor and dispossessed desperately search for transcendence and meaning. “An extraordinary achievement” (The New York Times Book Review).