Los Angeles, CAappears in most of the stories

Los Angeles is the setting for most of the stories in this anthology. In real life, it is author Henry Bukowski's residence for most of his life. Most of the stories take place in generic bars, apartment houses, hospital wards, and the rare place of employment in or near the skid row sections of Los Angeles. A few mention landmarks: the Hollywood Hills, the famous Richfield Building, McArthur Park, 6th and Union, Beverly Blvd., Melrose Ave., and the Vermont turnoff from the Hollywood Freeway. Some stories are set in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles, the Hollywood Park racetrack, a Hollywood mansion.

Federal Buildingappears in The Birth, Life and Death of an Underground Newspaper

Henry Bukowski is still employed by the U.S. Postal Service when he begins writing a column, "Notes of a Dirty Old Man," for an...