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| genre = [[Short story collection]]
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| publisher = [[City Lights Books]]
| publisher = [[City Lights Books]]
| release_date = 1967
| release_date = 1983
| media_type = Print ([[Paperback]])
| media_type = Print (paperback)
| pages = 240 pp
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| isbn = 0-87286-156-2
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| congress= PS3552.U4 M66 1983
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'''''The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories''''' is a collection of anecdotal [[short stories]] by [[United States of America|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, California|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''. The stories originally appeared in ''Open City'', ''Nola Express'', ''Knight'', ''Adam'', ''Adam Reader'', ''Pix'', ''[[Berkeley Barb|The Berkeley Barb]]'' and ''[[Evergreen Review]]''.
'''''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|date=January 2011}}. The stories originally appeared in ''Open City'', ''Nola Express'', ''Knight'', ''Adam'', ''Adam Reader'', ''Pix'', ''[[Berkeley Barb|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
*(swastika symbol)
*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==
==Trivia==


* In the film ''[[The Rules of Attraction (film)|The Rules of Attraction]]'' the book can be seen in the drawer of [[Sean Bateman]]'s room.
* In the film ''[[The Rules of Attraction (film)|The Rules of Attraction]]'' the book can be seen in the drawer of [[Sean Bateman]]'s room.

==References==
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{{Charles Bukowski}}


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Latest revision as of 18:43, 28 June 2024

The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other stories
First edition cover
AuthorCharles Bukowski
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort story collection
PublisherCity Lights Books
Publication date
1983
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages240 pp
ISBN0-87286-156-2
OCLC10071524
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3552.U4 M66 1983

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

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  • 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
  • (swastika symbol)
  • 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

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References

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