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Dreams from Bunker Hill (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #4)
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Charming. Fast.
I won’t be breaking new ground with this review, but I think adding to the heap of what others have said might convince someone else to read this brief, pleasant walk down the Hollywood of days past.
This felt like bukowski-lite. It’s less gritty, it’s less crass, no one really farts or has stained underwear. Arturo is about 3/4 the incorrigible pervert Chinowski is. Instead of being dirt poor and scraping by with nothing but booze and women and writing, this is more like a look at if a writer wasnt allowed to write, and was paid not to.
It’s still episodic. Characters come and go. Not much happens. The prose is unpretentious, and sort of pretty in its simplicity. Women still get objectified.
If you like Bukowski you’ll like this. If you despise Bukowski for any of the things I mentioned above, I’m guessing you’ll hate this.
4.5
I won’t be breaking new ground with this review, but I think adding to the heap of what others have said might convince someone else to read this brief, pleasant walk down the Hollywood of days past.
This felt like bukowski-lite. It’s less gritty, it’s less crass, no one really farts or has stained underwear. Arturo is about 3/4 the incorrigible pervert Chinowski is. Instead of being dirt poor and scraping by with nothing but booze and women and writing, this is more like a look at if a writer wasnt allowed to write, and was paid not to.
It’s still episodic. Characters come and go. Not much happens. The prose is unpretentious, and sort of pretty in its simplicity. Women still get objectified.
If you like Bukowski you’ll like this. If you despise Bukowski for any of the things I mentioned above, I’m guessing you’ll hate this.
4.5
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May 20, 2018
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May 20, 2018
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October 2, 2018
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