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"A rambling, erotic collection of experiences and sense-impressions, written with the free hand of a man who has lived each part of his life to the fullest, unaware and unconcerned with the limits of a cautious experience-- a scabrous and scatalogical vision of life and love in the underground world of sex, drugs, and crime." --
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- rawmeticulous
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Charles Bukowski
- First published
- 1969
- Pages
- 255
- Publisher
- Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, City Lights Books, Essex House
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780872860742
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Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles, and is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. A prolific author, Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and six novels, eventually having over 60 books in print. In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife."
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