Hubert Selby Jr.
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In his 1964 book "Last Exit To Brooklyn", Selby Jr. names part 2 "The Queen Is Dead".
Writers Len Brown, Simon Goddard et al assert The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead derives its name from this. It should be noted that there is no direct evidence via Morrissey or others to confirm this or confirm Len Brown's assertion:
"American author of a volume of thematic short stories called Last Exit To Brooklyn, source of The Smiths’ album title The Queen Is Dead (named after one of the collection). Morrissey planned that the album’s release should come exactly 20 years after the book was banned under the Obscene Publications Act in 1966."
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Hubert "Cubby" Selby Jr. (July 23, 1928 – April 26, 2004) was an American writer. Two of his novels, Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) and Requiem for a Dream (1978), explore worlds in the New York area and were adapted as films, both of which he appeared in. His first novel was prosecuted for obscenity in the United Kingdom and banned in Italy, prompting defences from many leading authors such as Anthony Burgess. He influenced multiple generations of writers. For more than 20 years, he taught creative writing at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he lived full-time after 1983.