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Hubert Selby, Jr (Part II)

The nightmare continues. After the success of Last Exit to Brooklyn, Selby pursues his bleak vision in Waiting Period...

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By Michael Silverblatt • Mar 3, 2003 • 30m Listen

(Marion Boyers)

Last Exit to Brooklyn

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Hubert Selby pursues his bleak vision. He is acclaimed in Europe but currently has no American publisher. The pessimistic comedy of his most-recent book may show why: can Americans be comfortable with a narrator who, in addition to being an assassin, believes God approves of and directs his actions?

Listen to Part I.

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    Michael Silverblatt

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    Hubert Selby, Jr.

    author, 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'

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