Hubert Selby Jr's classic and controversial masterpiece. A tour de force of a novel - exploring the wild underside of New York life 'How can anybody look inside themselves, and be surprised at the hatred and violence in the world? It's inside all of us' Hubert Selby Jr

'Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists...To understand his work is to understand the anguish of America' New York Times

Hubert Selby Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York. After leaving school he went to sea until illness forced him to leave the Merchant Marines. He began publishing stories in the 1950s, but it was the appearance of LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN in the mid-sixties that brought him widespread recognition. On British publication the book was prosecuted for obscenity, but won its protracted court case on appeal. Hubert Selby's other works are THE ROOM (1971), THE DEMON (1973), REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (1978) and SONG OF THE SILENT SNOW (1986). He lives in Los Angeles, California.