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    <body><![CDATA[Almost all Charles Bukowski books are the same. They are autobiographical reportage of his life. Some differ in the part of his life they coverr. For example, his first book, Post Office, is in some ways the most interesting because it is the most factual memoir. <br/><br/>As time went on, Bukowsk...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70931012">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably the best I can say about Bukowski is that you get what you expect.  That's both praise and diminution.  The art of his books is that they can inject his ego directly into your mind.  When he's thrilled, your thrilled.  When he's disgusted, so are you.  The salvation of Hollywood is that mos...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40650799">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I heard a lot of good reviews about Hollywood. I'm a fan of Bukowski's poetry, but somehow this novel just didn't hold the magic that his poetry contains. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[   I'm a big fan of Ham On Rye, Women, and Notes but I COULD NOT finish Hollywood. I've had this book for months and months and whereas I usually finish a Bukowski in a couple of days, I found myself approaching this book as one would approach a much procrastinated homework assignment.  (I even skim...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41925410">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;I drove north up the Harbor freeway toward Hollywood Park. I'd been playing the horses over 30 years. It started after my near fatal hemorrhage at the L.A. County Hospital. They told me that if I took another drink that I was dead. <br/>`What'll I do?' I asked Jane. <br/>`About What?' <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34784406">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, having read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as preparation for leaving Greenpoint I picked this up next as prep for arriving in Los Angeles ( Actually we're landing in Laurel Canyon not Hollywood but let's not quibble over this small detail.)<br/><br/>The story of how Bukowski's screenplay Barfly w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24049929">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is not very often that I read a novel in a single sitting - but that is exactly what I did with this very entertaining trip through the filmmaking process from the eyes of a beloved novelist/poet/horserace aficionado/drunk turned screenwriter.  Bukowski's prose is quick witted and extremely enter...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22516386">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hilarious, ridiculous, written at a fifth grade level for the most part.  Very status quo for Bukowski's work.  A little redundant with keeping us up with how full his wine glass is, along with constantly excusing himself for the racetrack and relentlessly bashing in our brains his love and need for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59136378">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[could not put this down. just read it if you're at all interested in a hollywood story told by a haunting heart -broken los angelino. It's as if Bukowski traveled, booze in tow, to a foreign country, without knowing the language, and is trying to translate and give a cultured report of his surroundi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42958895">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hollywood is the story of Henry Chinaski after his time on the streets. He has much success in the literary world and to top it off, he writes a screenplay that turns into a movie. This is a fictional account of Buk's time writing the movie &quot;Barfly&quot;, as well as his foray into the Hollywood...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70375963">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well I ended up having to read this in Portuguese while on various buses and waiting for buses in Brazil. I don't see what's so good about it. Maybe it's better in English, but I doubt it. You can tell it's being written by a drunk who can't write, so he writes about being drunk. But he doesn't even...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64671587">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[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 o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40009044">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fiction. A Henry Chinaski novel about writing a novel about writing a screenplay and making the movie and the absurdities of Hollywood.<br/><br/>I enjoyed this a lot. Some of the turns of phrases were so simple and marvelous. Not Bukowski's best work though, and it is better to read some earlier o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75185865">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting...you'll get to know an older Buk :) He's settled down quite a bit here and it's fascinating to see. It's kind of sad but it's kind of uplifting to see somebody who was so pissed at the world all his life continue to be into his older years but have it result in some type of ludicrous su...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39528907">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Picked this one up from the library not knowing what it would be about, turns out it's about the writing and making of my all-time favorite movie, Barfly. A fast an easy entertaining read from america's notorious scumbag poet. (often when i use the word &quot;scumbag&quot; it is a compliment)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Written when Bukowski had chilled out only slightly but the world was still crazy. I loved his view of what the movie industry is really like. Rubbing elbows with celebs but still being the same old Hank. It was great to see what some people go through for their dreams.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chuis cinéphage, faque tout ce que je peux lire sur la mécanique de la fabrication des films me fascine. À travers le regard de Bukowski, c'est comme trop hot. Je te recommande fortement le film « Barfly » dont il est question dans ce roman.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't get into it. This just doesn't have the same gritty charm as Bukowski's other works. This book lacks the struggle for women, booze, etc. and Buk becomes the sort of person he would have previously sneered at. Not cool.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel bad giving it a 3, very tempted to give it a 4 but ...<br/><br/>It was funny and probably best suited for someone who is already a fan of the man. If you are just getting into Bukowski, try &quot;Women&quot; before you read this.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[CB didn't get enough out of Barfly so he wrote about writing it. I'm beginning to this the author is just self-indulgent and not worth my time. I'll have to go back and try a few earlier works, though.]]></body>
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