Hollywood by Charles Bukowski Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Hollywood
Book Review: Look out, Hollywood!
Summary: 4 Stars
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!Book Review: More drunken humor from Bukowski!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is Bukowskis humorous account of the making of the movie Barfly. Its funny to see the subtle name changes of people like Sean Penn, Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Tom Jones, Madonna (he referred to her as Ramona) and Bukowskis humorous and not always very complimentry recollections and opinions of them.
Hollywood isn't as good as Ham on Rye, Post Office or Women but its still very good and worth reading.
Book Review: Need to laugh and smile?? Read this.
Summary: 5 Stars
The one memory I have of laughing out loud for a few hours while all by myself in a room someplace occured while reading this book. I'm an average Bukowski fan. I read him mostly while in my early 20s. It's been a long time since I've read anything by him, but I felt the urge to put my 2 cents in here. If you need to LAUGH and SMILE, I recommend this read.Book Review: Not the Usual Neighborhood
Summary: 4 Stars
Bukowski exposes the LA film community as having less intersesting and less upsetting characters than his usual neighborhood of drunks and whores and working stiffs. In this climb from the gutter to the glitter, Buk's acceptance into the open arms of Tinsel Town-fake repulses him. Hollywood is supposed to be the epitome of weirdness, yet Bukowski realizes and satirizes all the stars and wannabes for what they really are--career-oriented, image-conscious public darlings coached by agents and lawyers on what moves to make to ensure power and fame. His other novels dwell in the true seamy underside of life. In Hollywood he finds surface types posing as hard livers and wrings big laughs out of it, but I missed his more authentic cast of down & out characters with true desperation.Book Review: Obscure Gem
Summary: 5 Stars
If you never heard of the crude, hard drinking American author, this is where to start and/or end. This is Bukowski at his finest. Good reading around "Oscar"