''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

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. The book was initially printed as '' Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness'' . The stories originally appeared in ''Open City'', ''Nola Express'', ''Knight'', ''Adam'', ''Adam Reader'', ''Pix'', ''

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*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 symbol) *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

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