The Pleasures of the Damned Charles Bukowski

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A selection of the best poetry from America's most iconic and imitated poet, Charles Bukowski

The Pleasures of the Damned Summary

The Pleasures of the Damned: Selected Poems 1951-1993 by Charles Bukowski

THE BEST OF THE BEST OF BUKOWSKI

The Pleasures of the Damned is a selection of the best poetry from America's most iconic and imitated poet, Charles Bukowski. Celebrating the full range of the poet's extraordinary sensibility and his uncompromising linguistic brilliance, these poems cover a lifetime of experience, from his renegade early work to never-before-collected poems penned during the final days before his death.

The Pleasures of the Damned is an astonishing poetic treasure trove, essential reading for both long-time fans and those just discovering this unique and important American voice.

The Pleasures of the Damned Reviews

Likely to stand as the definitive volume of Bukowski's poems * * New York Times Book Review * *
He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels -- LEONARD COHEN
The best poet in America -- JEAN GENET
A laureate of American low life * * Time * *
Bukowski wrote poetry as minimal as a bullet. He could be funny and heartbreaking in the same sentence * * Sunday Herald * *
This bulbous collection contains a frankly astonishing amount of poems - it's a paperback of such great dimensions that it could be wood-paneled and used as a small bar * * Dazed and Confused * *
Extraordinary: unsentimental, vigorous and profound * * Good Book Guide * *

About Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. At the forefront of American counter-culture, his Beat Generation writing is widely celebrated. He was born in Germany in 1920 to an American soldier father and a German mother and was brought to the United States at the age of three. He grew up in Los Angeles and lived there for the majority of his life.

During his lifetime he published more than forty-five books, including novels such as Factotum, Post Office and Ham on Rye. He died in 1994 shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.

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GOR009374926

ISBN 13

9781786895226

ISBN 10

1786895226

Title

The Pleasures of the Damned: Selected Poems 1951-1993 by Charles Bukowski

Author

Charles Bukowski

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Canongate Books

Year published

20180705

Number of pages

528

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