Hollywood (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Bukowski
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Autobiographical fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, Writing, California, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Drinking or drunkenness, Hollywood, Filmmaking or filmmakers
- Locales: Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood, CA
Hollywood is Bukowski's version of a subgenre of the novel called a roman à clef or a “novel with a key or secret meaning.” The key will be immediately apparent to anyone who has seen the film Barfly, as the content of the novel Hollywood concerns the difficulties in writing and producing that film, for which Bukowski wrote the screenplay.
Though Bukowski has altered the proper names in the novel, many of them are easily recognizable if the reader uses some imagination. The film Barfly is called The Dance of Jim Beam, and certain...
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