Hollywood -
Charles Bukowski
A fictionalised chronicle of his own experiences during the
making of a semi-autobiographical movie, Barfly, Bukowski traces
the events of "Henry Chinaski" who is commissioned to write a
screenplay for a movie.
The shenanigans and the insanity of Hollywood as seen by
Chinaski as he drinks and writes his way through the making of a
movie makes for an engrossing read. We know that Bukowski is
essentially Chinaski in the book and there is great empathy for the
man. His self-destructive almost desperate ways make us almost care
for the man.
It is a book done in the way only Bukowski could have done. Not
for your average reader.
I can't rate this book as it is quite an atypical novel.