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Published in April 1989 by Black Sparrow Press, this is the deluxe edition Charles Bukowski’s novel, Hollywood.
In addition to Bukowski’s signature on the colophon page, the deluxe edition includes a signed serigraph by Bukowski. There were only 150 copies published, this one being #147.
This copy is in Near Fine + condition with minor wear to the covers. See photos.
This copy also comes with a “9 x 7” announcement is for a limited edition print of the cover art for the novel by John Register. Although not the thickest of stock, it’s a great reproduction (better than the book) and would like great in a frame. It is in Near Fine-minus condition with some scratches (two larger than the rest) that are not noticeable unless tilted under a light. All four corners are sharp.
Hollywood is a “fictional” novel about the creation of the film Barfly, which came out two years before Hollywood was published. I say fictional in quotes because so much of the novel does document the creation of the film and even the characters are easily identifiable. For example:
Frances Ford Lopalla = Frances Ford Copolla
Firepower Productions = Cannon Films
Francine Bowers = Faye Dunaway
Jack Bledsoe = Mickes Rourke
Rick Talbot = Roger Ebert
The novel follows Barfly director Barbet Schroeder (Jon Pinchot in the novel) as he moves to Los Angeles, buys a giant old America car, moves into a seedy neighborhood, and is frequenting the home of Bukowski and wife Linda Lee almost daily. This part of the story climaxes with Schroeder threatening to cut off his hand with an electric saw in an executive suite of Cannon Films Firepower Productions if the studio doesn’t pick up the film.
File Box 2, Case 5
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