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pulp
first edition, 1994.
bukowski’s final novel, pulp, opens in quintessential noir fashion: lady death, a seductive and enigmatic figure, enters the grungy office of nick belane, an aging private detective, setting the stage for a strange pursuit of the elusive writer céline. both a parody and homage to pulp fiction’s rough edges and archetypes, the novel transforms a seedy los angeles into an existential landscape. pulp is a self-aware, ironic take on noir—true “pulp fiction” laced with bukowski’s wry wit and allegorical reflections on life and death.
santa rosa: black sparrow press. isbn: 0-87685-926-0. softcover. book condition: imperceptible shelfwear. very good++. Item #461
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