Hollywood by Charles Bukowski

Hollywood by Charles Bukowski

Bukowski's alter ego, Henry Chinaski, returns, revelling in his eternal penchant for booze, women and horse-racing as he makes the precarious journey from poet to screenwriter. Based on Bukowski's experiences when working on the film Barfly, the absurdity and egotism of the film industry are laid bare in this deadpan, touching and funny glimpse into the endless negotiations and back-stabbings of La La land. Hollywood is an irreverent roman à clef that serves up the beating heart of Hollywood with razor-sharp humour.

A laureate of American low life* * Time * *
No other book gets as close to the corrupt heart of American movie-making. * * Guardian * *
Full of entertaining vignettes of celebrities. * * The Times * *

Charles Bukowski, who died in 1994, was the legendary Californian writer who became famous for his semi-autobiographical books about low-life America. Novels such as Factotum and Post Office made this one-time bum, and lifelong alcoholic, rich and famous, and culminated in the making of Barfly, a major Hollywood movie based on his life starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway.

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ISBN 13	9781841959962
ISBN 10	1841959960
Title	Hollywood
Author	Charles Bukowski
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Canongate Books
Year published	2007-07-19
Number of pages	288
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