Pulp: A Novel - Hardcover

Bukowski, C

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1852272007 ISBN 13: 9781852272005

Publisher: Virgin Books, 2004

Synopsis

Bukowski's final novel is a slightly surreal pastiche of the classic Mickey Spillane, Chandleresque private dick novel. Nick Belane, is a lonely, middle-aged, egotistical, alcoholic private detective who is badly in need of some lucrative work, but what he gets is a series of increasingly strange assignments from a bizarre collection of clients. He is asked to track down the long-dead French classical author Celine and an elusive red sparrow. He encounters aliens, heavies and even lady Death herself along the way. All the while Belane is convincing himself that he's still a white-hot detective and that nobody can take him for a ride, or indeed make him feel he's losing his mind. Boozing heavily and trying to avoid getting beaten up in every bar along the way, he finally reaches the conclusion that he's washed up. Bukowski's deliberately overdone writing takes us on a fantastical ride through the dark corners and dodgy dealings of Belane's film-noir world with guns, broads and heavyset thugs. A great demonstration of Bukowski's imaginative talents.

About this title

Review:

"Not since George Orwell has the condition of being down-and-out been so well recorded" (New York Times)

Book Description:

CRIME FICTION BUKOWSKI STYLE IN A STUNNING NEW PACKAGE

About this edition

• Publisher: Virgin Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1852272007
• ISBN 13: 9781852272005
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 190