So I discovered Bukowski through a song by Mac Miller, I'm a big fan of his music. Mac took a small audio clip of Hank talking and put it in a song. I got interested in this guy so I looked him up and watched some interviews and then I saw a documentary about the guy and I fell in love instantly. Next thing I knew I was at a Half-Price Books buying Post Office and Tales of Ordinary Madness.
I read Ham on Rye on some PDF I found online, I love it so much.
I related to almost everything about Ham on Rye, being the outcast in school, the abusive father, the drinking. Although, I had more luck with women than he did growing up, I found myself a good blonde whore at the end of high school. She was a good lay. I loved the way Ham on Rye ended, I've never read a book that closes like that.
Now that I'm about to be twenty-two I really want to know more about how Bukowski was in his twenties.
It's hard to imagine that old grizzly bear was ever fresh and young as me, comparatively. He had a tough life, I'm glad it paid off for him in the end, and I wonder how he'd fare if he grew up today. I miss this man I never met. He wrote some good fucking shit.
Rest easy Buk.
I read Ham on Rye on some PDF I found online, I love it so much.
I related to almost everything about Ham on Rye, being the outcast in school, the abusive father, the drinking. Although, I had more luck with women than he did growing up, I found myself a good blonde whore at the end of high school. She was a good lay. I loved the way Ham on Rye ended, I've never read a book that closes like that.
Now that I'm about to be twenty-two I really want to know more about how Bukowski was in his twenties.
It's hard to imagine that old grizzly bear was ever fresh and young as me, comparatively. He had a tough life, I'm glad it paid off for him in the end, and I wonder how he'd fare if he grew up today. I miss this man I never met. He wrote some good fucking shit.
Rest easy Buk.
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