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Bukowski? You gotta be kidding! Ramblings of a dirty old man. . .
I understand a lot of women aren't so crazy about Buk, but his writing was real, honest, and gritty, and not at all politically correct which is part of the appeal to me. While technically not a "beat" writer, he was often lumped together with lesser writers like Hunter S. Thompson, Ginsberg, and Burroughs. Well, Burroughs was ok, but the other two were way overrated. I'll take Buk over today's modern slop from the likes of Dan Brown and James Patterson.
I understand a lot of women aren't so crazy about Buk, but his writing was real, honest, and gritty, and not at all politically correct which is part of the appeal to me. While technically not a "beat" writer, he was often lumped together with lesser writers like Hunter S. Thompson, Ginsberg, and Burroughs. Well, Burroughs was ok, but the other two were way overrated. I'll take Buk over today's modern slop from the likes of Dan Brown and James Patterson.
Haven't read Brown or Patterson, but Buk was a family "friend" using that word loosly. . . he wrote horribly, and untruthfully about people that I know and love, while stating, in his books, that the charachters were entirely fictional. . . you would not believe how many people have asked me of "so-and so" knew him! So you may say it's gritty and "real". . . I'll agree with the gritty part, but truth telling had little part in his comentary!
unless this was already mentioned, I would say my all time favorite book is The Good Earth. I have read it many times, and each time you get more out of it.
I am also a fan of Gary Jennings- especially The Journeyer ( about Marco Polo) and Aztec
Bukowski's prose style was honest, made Hemingway look "aired". This is I think what a lot of readers, myself included like about his work. Whether he was factual is irrelevant.
When one writes biography and autobiography, changes the names of the individuals involved, and calls it fiction, that is, at the very least, less than honest!
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