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Thank you both so much. And I dig that scene from Factotum, too. This was very helpful. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much. Also - could someone please tell me which collection "Chopin Bukowski" is in? Thanks.

Hey all, In reading Bukowski, we all notice a certain fondness for classical composers. He mentions throughout various poems and stories Mahler, Chopin, Mozart and Shostakovich. Does anyone know what composers Buk held especially close to his heart? Thanks.

Betting on the Muse has some great ones, but I'm going to have to go with Hot Water Music. It is, in my opinion, Bukowski at his funniest (save perhaps Post Office), and his most ghoulish. Which is always a good thing.

It was my first Bukowski book, and for that reason has a nostalgic advantages over all others, even though this is a very tough pick.

I was just dipping my feet into the expansive ocean that is poetry three years ago, and was rummaging through the walls of poetry books at my locals Borders Books, and noticed that almost three entire shelves were overrun with a books by this fellow named Bukowski. I figured, "shit, this guy is...