Charles Bukowski

Barry Miles

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02 March 2009

Biography; Biography: general; Biography: literary; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: poetry & poets

THE DEFINITIVE BUKOWSKI STORY IN MASS MARKET PAPERBACK FOR THE FIRST TIME

'Fear makes me a writer, fear and a lack of confidence'

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 epitomised the style of the Beat generation - riding Greyhound buses, bumming around and drinking himself into a stupor. During his lifetime he published more than forty-five books of poetry and prose, including the novels Post Office, Factotum, Women and Pulp. 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.

By: Barry Miles
Imprint: Virgin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 245g
ISBN: 9780753518182
ISBN 10: 075351818X
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 02 March 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Barry Miles is a bestselling author of numerous biographies and cultural histories of the Beat Generation luminaries, The Beatles, the sixties movements and its musicians. He lives in London and France.

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Bolstered by material from Bukowski's bruise-covered childhood and his befogged bus-riding young manhood that other biographers have scanted. -- New York Times

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