'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 ...
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'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.
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Good in good dust jacket. Lightning bolt stamped on front pastedown and front endpaper, else unmarked. Acetate jacket has shelf wear, original price sticker on rear. Rear board is rubbed. 239 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Signed. A pristine copy in a clear acetate dust jacket. SIGNED by the authorwith a little doodle on the limitation page in black in, 7/150 in red ink, one of a stated 176 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray with a signed print by Bukowski. FINE. As New Condition-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Shipped.