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Hubert Selby (1928–2004)

Author of Last Exit to Brooklyn

Includes the names: Hubert Selby, Jr Hubert Selby, Hubert Selby Jr., Hubert jr. Selby, Hubert Selby Jnr, Selby Jr. Hubert, Hubert Jr. Selby, Jr. SELBY Hubert, Hubert Selby Jr., Hubert Jr. Shelby ... (see complete list), Hubert Selby Jnr., Jr. Herbert Selby, Hubert Selby Junior

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Works by Hubert Selby

Last Exit to Brooklyn (Author) 2,519 copies, 27 reviews
Requiem for a Dream 1,927 copies, 26 reviews
The Demon 404 copies, 9 reviews
The Room 379 copies, 4 reviews
Song of the Silent Snow 214 copies, 2 reviews
Waiting Period 213 copies, 3 reviews
The Willow Tree 149 copies, 4 reviews
Last Exit to Brooklyn/Requiem for a Dream/The Room 30 copies
Songs to Myself... et autres textes 3 copies
Psaumes (1DVD) 2 copies
Pubertà (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy
Ciao campione (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy
Che pensi? (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy
Canto della neve silenziosa (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy

San Martino (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy

Il rumore (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy

Di balene e sogni (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy

Réquiem por un sueño (al margen) 1 copy

Sto buona (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy

Il musicista (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy

Iblis 1 copy

Hubert Selby Jr. Live in Europe 1989 1 copy

Last Exit to Brooklyn: Book of the Movie 1 copy

Mauern Roman. Aus dem Amerikanischen übertragen von Kai Molvig.… 1 copy

La giornata di Fat Phil (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy

Il cappotto (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy

Doppio programma (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy

Portafortuna (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy

Un po' di rispetto (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy

Liebesnacht (in Canto della neve silenziosa) 1 copy

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The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Contributor) 509 copies, 3 reviews
Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics (Contributor) 60 copies, 1 review
New American Story (Contributor) 36 copies
Last Exit to Brooklyn [1989 film] (Original book) 7 copies
Conversations with the Capeman: The Untold Story of Salvador Agron (Introduction, some editions) 4 copies

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Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Los Angeles, California, USA

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Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Stuyvesant High School

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