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This novel is suited to readers who appreciate noir fiction with a darkly comic edge and a raw portrayal of urban life.
Opening with the exotic Lady Death entering the gumshoe-writer's seedy office in pursuit of a writer named Celine, this novel demonstrates Bukowski's own brand of humour and realism, opening up a landscape of seamy Los Angeles.
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Opening with the exotic Lady Death entering the gumshoe-writer's seedy office in pursuit of a writer named Celine, this novel demonstrates Bukowski's own brand of humour and realism, opening up a landscape of seamy Los Angeles.
In Pulp, we find a sardonic, sometimes brutal take on the detective genre. Bukowski's narrative embraces a gritty realism contrasted with a surrealistic twist, leading readers through a vividly depicted Los Angeles fraught with eccentric characters and peculiar scenarios.
This uniquely styled narrative is a testament to Bukowski's mastery of blending dark themes with biting wit. His exploration of the city’s underbelly captures both its allure and its squalor, offering a glimpse into the life of a writer entangled in a world as chaotic as it is oddly enchanting.
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ISBN: 9780876859261
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 May 2002
Country: United States
Imprint: HarperCollins Ecco
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 150.0mm
Height: 225.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, to an American soldier father and a German mother in 1920, and brought to the United States at the age of three. He was raised in Los Angeles and lived there for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944 when he was twenty-four and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp (1994).
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