OK, i read around 130 pages of PULP over the last few days (i've been having a tough week at work, so i don't read more than 30-40 pages a day before i fall asleep). anyway, its spectacular. i am still thinking about it, but i think PULP could be nearly as good as FACTOTUM and it sort of outguns HAM ON RYE, POST OFFICE, WOMEN and HOLLYWOOD.
bukowski is in the form of his life here. the humor is brilliant. the social commentary is sharp. and it also has the two most depressing pages (chapter no.22 in the Ecco; 1st Ecco Ed edition ,May 31, 2002; i think this is the one, i'll check once again when i get home.) bukowski has ever written.
it is incredible how bukowski combines slapstick humor, sharp social commentary and melancholia without any of it coming off as malapropos. he was an incredible craftsman. man, he knew how to write a good fucking novel.
more when i finish.
bukowski is in the form of his life here. the humor is brilliant. the social commentary is sharp. and it also has the two most depressing pages (chapter no.22 in the Ecco; 1st Ecco Ed edition ,May 31, 2002; i think this is the one, i'll check once again when i get home.) bukowski has ever written.
it is incredible how bukowski combines slapstick humor, sharp social commentary and melancholia without any of it coming off as malapropos. he was an incredible craftsman. man, he knew how to write a good fucking novel.
more when i finish.