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Hollywood

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Description for Hollywood Paperback.

'What will you do?'
'Oh, hell, I'll write a novel about writing the screenplay and making the movie.'
'What are you going to call it?'
'Hollywood.'


Henry Chinaski has a penchant for booze, women and horse-racing. On his precarious journey from poet to screenwriter he encounters a host of well-known stars and lays bare the absurdity and egotism of the film industry. Poetic, sharp and dangerous, Hollywood - Bukowski's fictionalisation of his experiences making the film Barfly - explores the many dark shadows to be found in the neon-soaked glare of Hollywood's limelight.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786891679
SKU
9781786891679
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About Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski 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. He died in March 1994. ... Read more

Reviews for Hollywood
No other book gets as close to the corrupt heart of American movie-making

Guardian

A literary immortal

Time

Bukowski's voice is insistent and affirming but it also has the humble durability of someone who won't stay down . . . His stories help keep people alive
... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Hollywood


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