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Book Condition: Used Fine
Jacket condition: near fine
Seller: Swan's Fine Books

United States
About Item: Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1994. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. One of 750 signed/numbered hardcover copies, octavo size, 208 pp., signed by Bukowski. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American society. A cult hero, Bukowski relied on experience, emotion, and imagination in his work, using direct language and violent and sexual imagery" (n.b., from the web site of the Poetry Foundation). As much as he achieved popular acclaim during his lifetime, his reputation and following have only increased after his death. This volume, "Pulp" would be the Bukowski's final novel, completed shortly before his death. It "comments on the obsessions of the pulp fiction genre, making fun of itself as stereotypical of the genre in the grimiest form...Bukowski wrote some of his most violent, cynical, sarcastic, and shocking work during the final months of his life. Many… Read More
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