Hollywood (Canons): Charles Bukowski

Hollywood (Canons): Charles Bukowski

by Charles Bukowski (Author), Charles Bukowski (Author)

Synopsis

'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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: Main - Canons
Publisher: Canongate Canons
Published: 04 Jul 2019

ISBN 10: 1786891670
ISBN 13: 9781786891679

Media Reviews
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 * * Independent * *
A laureate of American low life * * Time * *
Full of entertaining vignettes of celebrities * * The Times * *
Author Bio
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.