by Richard Ronald | Aug 13, 2018 | Books, Hubert Selby Jr
Buy Paperback Buy eBook Review from a Transgressive Fiction Fan Hubert Selby Jr. now holds a very special place in my heart; be it a black, dirty place in my heart dripping in blood and other unmentionable secretions that craves stories about seemingly normal people...
by Richard Ronald | Aug 13, 2018 | Books, Hubert Selby Jr
Buy Paperback Buy eBook Review from a Transgressive Fiction Fan A small time criminal is kept locked in a cell, we do not get to know his name, nor the exact reason why he is in jail, but we know that he is going to be there for a very long time, and we get to share...
by Richard Ronald | Aug 13, 2018 | Books, Hubert Selby Jr
Buy Paperback Buy eBook Review from a Transgressive Fiction Fan Rare is the book that leaves me so disoriented and raw-nerved. When I finished this I sat slack-jawed for a minute letting my cigarette burn out and trying to fix my mind on something/anything. This is an...
by Richard Ronald | Aug 13, 2018 | Books, Hubert Selby Jr
Buy Paperback Buy eBook Review from a Transgressive Fiction Fan I came to Selby because I realized that I was interested in a genre called transgressive fiction, which I had not, until recently, even heard of. When I checked out the genre, in addition to many of my...
by Richard Ronald | Aug 13, 2018 | Authors, Hubert Selby Jr
Hubert Selby, Jr. was born in Brooklyn and went to sea as a merchant marine while still in his teens. Laid low by lung disease, he was, after a decade of hospitalizations, written off as a goner and sent home to die. Deciding instead to live, but having no way to make...
