The Most Beautiful Woman in Town
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 [citation needed]. 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.
References
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- Post Office (1971)
- Factotum (1975)
- Women (1978)
- Ham on Rye (1982)
- Hollywood (1989)
- Pulp (1994)
- Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1969)
- Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness (1972)
- South of No North (1973)
- Hot Water Music (1983)
- Tales of Ordinary Madness (1983)
- The Most Beautiful Woman in Town (1983)
- Portions from a Wine-stained Notebook: Short Stories and Essays (2008)
- More Notes of a Dirty Old Man (2011)
- "Loneliness" (1973)
- "The Killers" (1973)
- "Bring Me Your Love" (1983)
- Bukowski (1973)
- Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)
- The Charles Bukowski Tapes (1985)
- Barfly (1987)
- Crazy Love (1987)
- Cold Moon (1991)
- Factotum (2005)
- There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here (2008)
- The Last Straw (2008)
- Influence on popular culture
- Henry Chinaski
- Hostage (1985 album)
- Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life (1998 biography)
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