Charles Bukowski - American author
This story is contained in The Most Beautiful Woman In Town.
Every so often I will read a Bukowski piece that will make me say, "Okay, enough already. This was just done for the shock value."
That's how I felt about Copulating Mermaid. I mean, necrophilia with no context, social or otherwise? Where's the redeeming value in a story such as this? Granted, I never look to Buk for redemptive stories -- though they are there by the dozens -- but stories like "Mermaid" strike me as simple pandering to the lowest common denominator.
Your thoughts?
Every so often I will read a Bukowski piece that will make me say, "Okay, enough already. This was just done for the shock value."
That's how I felt about Copulating Mermaid. I mean, necrophilia with no context, social or otherwise? Where's the redeeming value in a story such as this? Granted, I never look to Buk for redemptive stories -- though they are there by the dozens -- but stories like "Mermaid" strike me as simple pandering to the lowest common denominator.
Your thoughts?