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Barfly

by Charles Bukowski, Barbet Schroeder · 1983

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The screenplay of the 1987 movie, as written by Charles Bukowski.

Genre
literary fiction
Themes
moviestheatrewriters
Setting
1980s
Audience
adult
Length
short · 176 pages
Form
playspoetry

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