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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''{{Fact|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]]''.
'''''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''{{Fact|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==
*The Most Beautiful Woman in Town
*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==

Revision as of 02:56, 1 April 2012

The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other stories
1983 book cover of The Most Beautiful Woman in Town
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

  • The Most Beautiful Woman in Town
  • 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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