{"product_id":"shelby-jr-hubert-live-in-europe-1989-used-cd","title":"Selby Jr., Hubert – Live in Europe 1989 - Used CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eVG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelby reads sections from many of his stories from the 1960s to the 1980s, settings going back to the 1930s, providing an honest look at the 20th century in the United,  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"list_gGRvO\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-labelSmall css-1kybk0l\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"role_UNc70\"\u003eRecorded By, Edited By, Producer: Rollins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"table_c5ftk\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"profileContainer_ILRnD\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"profileText_WlnOD\"\u003eAmerican novelist, poet and screenwriter, born July 23, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, died April 26, 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was one of America's most acclaimed postwar writers. His best known work, Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964), is recognized today as a cult classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"profileText_WlnOD\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith no formal writing training, Selby used a raw language to depict the bleak and violent world that encompassed his youth, which would go on to set the stage for his early life. His first novel was prosecuted for obscenity in the United Kingdom and banned in Italy, which prompted defenses from many leading authors such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Anthony Burgess\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anthony_Burgess\"\u003eAnthony Burgess\u003c\/a\u003e. He has influenced multiple generations of writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHubert Selby was born in 1928 in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBrooklyn, New York City, to Adalin and Hubert Selby Sr., a merchant seaman and former coal miner from Kentucky. Selby Jr. dropped out of school at the age of 15 to work in the city docks before becoming a merchant seaman in 1947. \u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-2\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eHaving been diagnosed with tuberculosis, he was taken off the ship in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGermany, and sent back to the United States. For the next three and a half years, Selby was in and out of the U.S. Public Health Hospital \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelby went through an experimental drug treatment,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e that later caused some severe complications. During an operation, surgeons removed several of Selby's ribs to reach his lungs. \u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eOne of his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elungs collapsed, and doctors removed part of the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnable to have regular work because of his health, Selby decided, \"I know the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer.\"\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hubert_Selby_Jr.#cite_note-5\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e5\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe later wrote:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was sitting at home and had a profound experience. I experienced, in all of my Being, that someday I was going to die, and it wouldn't be like it had been happening, almost dying but somehow staying alive, but I would just die! And two things would happen right before I died: I would regret my entire life; I would want to live it over again. This terrified me. The thought that I would live my entire life, look at it and realize I blew it forced me to do something with my life.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle concerned with proper grammar, punctuation, or diction, Selby used unorthodox techniques in most of his works. He indented \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehis paragraphs with alternating lengths, often by simply dropping down one line when finished with a paragraph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"213CD Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46452146307233,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/1427\/files\/D5B6D71A-49AA-4E40-BE5E-ACBAD5B45B43.jpg?v=1779422894","url":"https:\/\/store.greennoiserecords.com\/products\/shelby-jr-hubert-live-in-europe-1989-used-cd","provider":"Green Noise Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}