This is Charles Bukowski's brilliant fantastical pastiche of a detective story. Packed with wit invention & Bukowski's trademark lowlife adventures it is the final novel of one of the most enjoyable & influential cult writers of the last century. Nicky Belane private detective & career alcoholic is a troubled man. He is plagued not just by broads booze lack of cash & a raging ego but also by the surreal jobs he's been hired to do. Not only has been hired to track down French classical author Celine
- who's meant to be dead
- but he's also supposed to find the elusive Red Sparrow
- which may or may not be real.