Hollywood

Charles Bukowski was a well-known American writer who wrote more than 40 books, including novels, poems, essays, and short stories. Despite their frankness, his texts are also distinguished by lyricism and sentimentality.

The novel “Hollywood” is based on Bukowski’s real experience while working on the screenplay for the film “Barfly,” released in 1987 under the direction of Barbet Schroeder. The film starred such names as Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway, and the character prototypes were inspired by well-known personalities like Francis Ford Coppola, Jean-Luc Godard, Werner Herzog, Norman Mailer, and others.