Hollywood (ISBN 0876857659) is a 1989 novel by Charles Bukowski which fictionalizes his experiences surrounding the film Barfly. This book traces the experience of the fictional screenwriter Chinaski from his writing of the screenplay through to its completion. He is actively involved only as screenplay writer. Bukowski did partake in a brief cameo in one shot of the film where he's sitting at the bar with the other "barflies."
In the novel, Bukowski uses the following names as pseudonyms for the fictionalized versions of people he worked with on the movie Barfly:
- Mickey Rourke, the lead actor in the film, is named Jack Bledsoe.
- Faye Dunaway, the lead actress in the film, is named Francine Bowers.
- Barbet Schroeder, the director of the film, is named Jon Pinchot.
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“Isn’t Hollywood a dump—in the human sense of the word. A hideous town, pointed up by the insulting gardens of its rich, full of the human spirit at a new low of debasement.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)