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Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski (1973, Trade Paperback)

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A compilation of Charles Bukowski's underground articles from his column "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" appears here in book form. Bukowski's reasoning for self-describing himself as a 'dirty old man' rings true in this book. "People come to my door--too many of them really--and knock to tell me Notes of a Dirty Old Man turns them on. A bum off the road brings in a gypsy and his wife and we talk . . . . drink half the night. A long distance operator from Newburgh, N.Y. sends me money. She wants me to give up drinking beer and to eat well. I hear from a madman who calls himself 'King Arthur' and lives on Vine Street in Hollywood and wants to help me write my column. A doctor comes to my door: 'I read your column and think I can help you. I used to be a psychiatrist.' I send him away . . ." "Bukowski writes like a latter-day Celine, a wise fool talking straight from the gut about the futility and beauty of life . . ." -- Publishers Weekly "These disjointed stories gives us a glimpse into the brilliant and highly disturbed mind of a man who will drink anything, hump anything and say anything without the slightest tinge of embarassment, shame or remorse. It's actually pretty hard not to like the guy after reading a few of these semi-ranting short stories." --Greg Davidson, curiculummag.com Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany on August 16, 1920, the only child of an American soldier and a German mother. Bukowski published his first story when he was twenty-four and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. His first book of poetry was published in 1959; he went on to publish more than forty-five books of poetry and prose, including Pulp (Black Sparrow, 1994), Screams from the Balcony: Selected Letters 1960-1970 (1993), and The Last Night of the Earth Poems (1992). Other Bukowski books published by City Lights Publishers include More Notes of a Dirty Old Man , The Most Beautiful Woman in Town , Tales of Ordinary Madness , Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook , and Absence of the Hero. He died of leukemia in San Pedro on March 9, 1994.

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Publisher
City Lights
ISBN-10
0872860744
ISBN-13
9780872860742
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1031541

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Book Title
Notes of a Dirty Old Man
Edition
2
Author
Charles Bukowski
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, American / General
Publication Year
1973
Genre
Literary Collections, Fiction
Number of Pages
204 Pages

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Item Length
8 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
9.5 Oz

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Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ps3552.U4
Reviews
Bukowski writes like a latter-day Celine, a wise fool talking straight from the gut about futility and beauty of life...
Copyright Date
1969
Lccn
73-084226
Dewey Decimal
811/.54 B
Dewey Edition
22

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