'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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Add this copy of Hollywood to cart. $103.00, good condition, Sold by Found Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Black Sparrow Press.
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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.
Add this copy of Hollywood to cart. $458.00, good condition, Sold by Singing Saw Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Black Sparrow Press.
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Good. Size: 0x0x0; SIGNED first edition with an additional signed print by Charles Bukowski at the front, one of 150 copies thus. Hardcover with illustrated boards, amateurish work done to book with leather corners added to rear board and rear endpaper replaced. Otherwise in OK shape. In original acetate with some chewing to top of rear board. A budget-priced copy of the signed limited issue.
Add this copy of Hollywood to cart. $184.11, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Black Sparrow Pr.
