Seriously now. He's 20 years old & probably never read a book in his life. He'll have a lot of time on his hands & there's only so many motor-cycle magazines that his father can send him. I really want to mail him something to kill the time.
I suppose I'm asking a lot from a bunch of Bukowski types who have never even spent a night in jail, let alone 12 months, but I'm not sure what to send the boy.
I would send the novels. I don't know. If there is an old jail-bird in bukowski land that has some idea of what it's like to be locked up & moved around the country like a piece of carrion I'd like to know if getting "Women" or "Post Office" or "Factotum" in the mail would help.
Maybe it would be a bad thing. Maybe I should send something by Mark Twain. I can't be the only person who has been in this position, surely.
I suppose I'm asking a lot from a bunch of Bukowski types who have never even spent a night in jail, let alone 12 months, but I'm not sure what to send the boy.
I would send the novels. I don't know. If there is an old jail-bird in bukowski land that has some idea of what it's like to be locked up & moved around the country like a piece of carrion I'd like to know if getting "Women" or "Post Office" or "Factotum" in the mail would help.
Maybe it would be a bad thing. Maybe I should send something by Mark Twain. I can't be the only person who has been in this position, surely.