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| Author | Charles Bukowski |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Short story collection |
| Publisher | City Lights Books |
| Publication date | 1983 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 240 pp |
| ISBN | 0-87286-156-2 |
| OCLC | 10071524 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 19 |
| LC Class | PS3552.U4 M66 1983 |
The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories is a collection of anecdotal short stories by American author Charles Bukowski. The stories are written in both the first and third-person, in Bukowski's trademark semi-autobiographical short prose style. In keeping with his other works, themes include: Los Angeles bar culture; alcoholism; gambling; sex and violence. However, many of the stories contain elements of fantasy and surrealism. The book was initially printed as Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness . The stories originally appeared in Open City, Nola Express, Knight, Adam, Adam Reader, Pix, The Berkeley Barb and Evergreen Review.
Contents
- Kid Stardust on the Porterhouse
- Life in a Texas Whorehouse
- Six Inches
- The Fuck Machine
- The Gut-Wringing Machine
- 3 Women
- 3 Chickens
- Ten Jack-Offs
- Twelve Flying Monkeys Who Won't Copulate Properly
- 25 Bums in Rags
- Non-Horseshit Horse Advice
- Another Horse Story
- The Birth, Life and Death of an Underground Newspaper
- Life and Death in the Charity Ward
- The Day We Talked About James Thurber
- All the Great Writers
- The Copulating Mermaid of Venice, Calif
- Trouble with a Battery
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- Politics is like Trying to Screw a Cat in the Ass
- My Big-Assed Mother
- A Lovely Love Affair
- All the Pussy We Want
- The Beginner
- The Fiend
- The Murder of Ramon Vasquez
- A Drinking Partner
- The White Beard
- A White Pussy
Trivia
- In the film The Rules of Attraction the book can be seen in the drawer of Sean Bateman's room.
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