Product Description

This is Charles Bukowski's brilliant, fantastical pastiche of a detective story. Packed with wit, invention and Bukowski's trademark lowlife adventures, it is the final novel of one of the most enjoyable and influential cult writers of the last century. Nicky Belane, private detective and career alcoholic, is a troubled man. He is plagued not just by broads, booze, lack of cash and a raging ego, but also by the surreal jobs he's been hired to do. Not only has been hired to track down French classical author Celine - who's meant to be dead - but he's also supposed to find the elusive Red Sparrow - which may or may not be real.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #233452 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
"'Not since George Orwell has the condition of being down-and-out been so well recorded' New York Times"

From the Back Cover
Nicky Belane, private detective and career alcoholic, is a troubled man. He is plagued not just by broads, booze, lack of cash and a raging ego, but also by the surreal jobs he’s been hired to do. Not only does he have to track down French classical author Celine – who’s meant to be dead – but he’s also supposed to find the elusive Red Sparrow – which may or may not be real.

Pulp is Charles Bukowski’s brilliant, fantastical pastiche of a detective story. Packed with wit, invention and Bukowski’s trademark lowlife adventures, it is the final novel by one of the most enjoyable and influential cult writers of the last century.

During his lifetime Bukowski published more than forty-five books of poetry and prose including the cult-classic bestselling novels Post Office (1971), Factotum (1975) and Women (1978), all of which are available from Virgin Books.

About the Author
Charles Bukowski was born in 1920 and became one of America's best-known writers. During his lifetime he published more than forty-five books of poetry and prose including the novels Post Office (1971), Factotum (1975) and Women (1978) all available from Virgin Books. He completed Pulp, his final novel, shortly before his death in 1994

Customer Reviews

A farewell to us
Not the place to start reading Bukowski. This book sees the author gathering together all the various threads that have run through his life. He weaves them together to create a witty and intriguing tapestry. I read this book in one sitting and was thouroughly disheartened by the last page. The book itself could not have been better as far as I was concerned, but I knew it was the last I would hear from him. Read the other works and then come to this title as an insider - the rewards will be great.

Death by the color of yellow
Although not one of Bukowski's greatest, it's probably one of the most hilarious. It's similar to the surrealistic writings of some of the short-stories, say where Hitler makes a comeback or the Devil works in a freakshow. You can still find a lot of the familiar Bukowski themes, like the agony of having to deal with other people, or not being able to do your job right. Celine, Hemingway,Fante and Chinaski are still there; so's the whisky and the women. But this time it's thru' dick Belane's eyes. And in the end death moves in for real and our hero is swept away by a blaze of yellow - Bukowskis favorite color.

tireless
I hardly ever read books twice(obviously hadnt been reading the right books), Pulp was the first one that i knew i could quite easily pick up and saunter into. It holds, in a diluted form, everything that i know Bukowski for. In my opinion its an impulsive read and really enjoyable while still maintaining the grit that Bukowski wrote on. Good fun.