I met 'Chuck' bukowski back in the sixties; I had the apartment above his for a while and would occasionally have to go down to tell him too keep the noise down...
boy could those american women kick up a fuss,
I asked him one night if I should read his work. he said NO. You would be better off spending your time drinking and fornicating.
Having now read his work I can honestly say he was right!
He had a couple of good poems and a good short story in him (in that little space not filled with booze) but that is about all. He suffered from the malaise of most mid 20th century Americanliterature, especially the 'beats'.
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