The Most Beautiful Woman in Town
| Author | Charles Bukowski |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short stories |
| Publisher | City Lights Books |
Publication date | 1967 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-87286-156-2 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | Night's work (1966) |
| Followed by | At Terror Street and Agony Way (1968) |
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
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
- 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.