birth_date: 1928-07-23 00:00:00
avg_rating: 4.01
name: Hubert Selby Jr.
about: 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 
death_date: 2004-04-26 00:00:00