Have a look at this article and lively debate on Buk that follows. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/09/bukowski.html

  "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."      

NEW BUK BOOKS FOR SALE ...see below

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CHARLES BUKOWSKI...HUSK...a poetry broadside originally given away with Beat Scene magazine No 15...as new...£15

I'M BUKOWSKI AND THEN? by ENRICO FRANCHESCHINI...very limited edition chapbook, a rare Italian encounter with Buk...2001...AS NEW...£4

CHARLES BUKOWSKI...THE FLASH OF LIGHTNING BEHIND THE MOUNTAIN: NEW POEMS...2004 USA hardcover First Edition...FINE condition...£35

CHARLES BUKOWSKI...70 MINUTES IN HELL...compact disc released on the Chinaski label...Bukowski reading in 1969. NEW COPY...£20