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Charles Bukowski chronicled the seedy underside of the city in which he spent most of his life—Los Angeles. His heroes were the panhandlers and hustlers, the drunks and the hookers, his beat the racetracks and strip joints, and his inspiration a series of dead-end jobs in warehouses, offices, and factories. It was in the evenings that he would put on a classical record, open a beer, and begin to type. Brought up by a violent father, Bukowski suffered childhood beatings before developing horrific acne and withdrawing into a moody adolescence. Much of his young life epitomized the style of the Beat generation—riding Greyhound buses, bumming around, and drinking himself into a stupor. Yet his novels sold millions of copies worldwide in dozens of languages. In this definitive biography Barry Miles, celebrated author of Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats, turns his attention to the exploits of this hard-drinking, belligerent wild man of literature. This is an essential addition to every Bukowski fan's collection.
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About the Author
Barry Miles is the critically acclaimed author of Ginsberg, Hippie, Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now, William Burroughs: El Hombre Invisible, and Zappa.
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"'Fear makes me a writer, fear and a lack of confidence' Charles Bukowski '[Miles's] mastery of Beat Generation know-how must surely be unrivalled' Sunday Telegraph" --Sunday Telegraph
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- PublisherVirgin Books
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0753511029
- ISBN 13 9780753511022
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages320
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