First paperback edition, issued simultaneously with hardback and limited signed editions. Original illustrated card wrappers lettered in black to the spine. Red endpapers. Title page printed in black and red. A fine, bright copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout.
Bukowski's final novel, a homage to and parody of classic hard-boiled detective fiction ("Dedicated to bad writing"). It was published shortly before the author's death in March 1994.
Stock code: 25686
£35