Product Description

Hank and his wife, Sarah, agree to write a screenplay, and encounter the strange world of the movie industry.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #229247 in Books
• Published on: 1989-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 248 pages

Customer Reviews

Look out, Hollywood!
Charles Bukowski goes semi-commercial to the dismay of many old fans, the book offers a mainstream version of FACTOTUM. But the writing is of higher quality, and Buk shines through. Look for celebs in the book under false names... Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway... check the credits of the movie and then re-read!

Amusing and interesting
Charles Bukowski's minimal style, always egotistical and mostly alcohol affected is concerned in this book with his succesful attempt to see a screenplay (for Barfly) become a reality.
Names are changed but it is fun to read Bukowski's views on the movers and shakers in 1980's Hollywood.
The womanising and drinking are subdued (due to being married) and even a hedonistic rebel such as Bukowski comes across as conventional compared to the weirdness and double-dealing that appears to be Hollywood.
Not neccesarily a good first Bukowski read (try Post Office or Factotum) but nevertheless good fun.

Still good
Another Bukowski novel - this one written late in his life - which on my first reading I felt wasnt up to his other novels. However I recently revisited and found it amusing.