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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 spare, stripped-down prose. [1] Critics and fellow writers praised the book on its release.
- Hubert Selby
- 1964
ALEXIS ARQUETTE/ RUTANYA ALDA "Last Exit To Brooklyn" - 1989. A gripping scene revealing what it was like to be discovered as "different" in 1950's America. Featuring Alexis Arquette as...
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When Calder and Boyars published Last Exit to Brooklyn in the UK, on January 24, 1966, it had already been out for well over a year in the US. Some British critics took the opportunity to grapple with this masterpiece of observation and idiom, but many others let it pass them by.
Taken from Hubert Selby Jr's controversial novel set in early 1950s Brooklyn. During a bitter strike by workers against a local factory, a gallery of struggl...
Aug 5, 2017 · When Hubert Selby Jr.’ s Last Exit to Brooklyn was published in 1964, it left a serious wake in the social and literary world of the time that is still felt today. Controversial and even banned upon publication for its graphic language and depictions, the book showcased subject matter and a writing style that has not been rivaled since.
Mar 11, 1988 · First published in 1964, “Last Exit” exploded onto the American psyche like a 10-megaton nuclear bomb and set off a searing controversy among critics, who called it an extraordinary literary...
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Last Exit to Brooklyn was banned by British courts in 1967, a decision that was reversed the following year with the help of a number of writers and critics including Anthony Burgess and Frank Kermode.
