pheurton

I hope I'm that cool when I'm sitting in my incontinence, he's my idol.
I guess you could say his words flow like Rakim's but Charles isn't a negro.
Discuss him and his work/anything connected to the ****.

sleepy jack

Bukowski is the shit, he's one of my favorite authors. I think Post Office is my favorite book by him. "Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat." <3

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Mockingbird!

I absolutly loved Post Office, is was such a great read

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Is it cruel or kind
Not too speak my mind
And to lie to you
Rather than hurt you?
For after several large gins
He'll confess all of his sins
But still he'll hide from you
Hide what's inside from you

GravitySlips

Post Office, Factotum, Women and Ham on Rye are all excellent books.

Factotum was made into a decent movie as well, with Matt Dillon (i think) playing lead.

Wifey Boozer

I LOVE Bukowski. My favorite author/poet laureate of skid row of all time . Adore his short stories - Tales of Ordinary Madness & The Most Beautiful Woman in Town are fantastic. The novels... well, I don't have words for those. Just such a REAL guy with a REAL and loud, and brutally honest voice in a world full of such bull****. <3

Didn't like Dillion in Factotum... see, they portray Buk there by hinting at a "scum of the earth" mentality. But Buk thought he was great. He was the "best loser he could be." I much prefered Rourke's version of Buk in Barfly. One of my favorite movies, actually. Buk actually had a wee cameo in one of the scenes in the bar, he'd be the German guy with the mostly-empty bottle .

What's even better is... ha, I am no more in posession of any of his books because, I lent them all to drunks.

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... Stalin had a FANTASTIC moustache.

Formerly known as the Prime Minister of Spain.

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pheurton

He's a twat for ending ham on rye so abruptly.

Alkajazz

"It began as a mistake"

I love Hollywood. Its my favorite Bukowski book.

RoemerMW

I just read Hollywood a week or two ago. It's my first Bukowski. I really liked it, but I don't think it was a good choice introduction to him, as it was written so late in his life. I really want to read more, but Hollywood was the only Bukowksi at my library and I'm broke.

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