Last Exit to Brooklyn is ruled not obscene by court of appeal - archive, 1 August 1968
1 August 1968: Publishers of Hubert Selby Jr’s novel have their conviction of publishing an obscene article quashed by three judges
Publishers yesterday gave two almost hearty cheers for the success of Calder and Boyars’ appeal in the Last Exit to Brooklyn case.
Maybe it was not a new dawn for controversial literature because the quashing of the obscenity conviction was on legal points only. But at least it implied, to those who could read between the lines, that the courts were not to be used to rubber-stamp the views of the Mr and Mrs Grundys.
Related: Obituary: Hubert Selby Jr
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