Thanks! I’ll edit my post but I’m looking for nonfiction.
Bukowski is great, but I think I know what you mean. Still, nice to see him get some attention around here.
Lol. While decorating our new house my wife pulled out some of my Bukowski books to put on a shelf. Pretty sure she has never read any, but it is something I like, so I will take it as a win.Yup, I only just discovered him this year, few months ago actually. I can’t recall how. I think he was mentioned in another book I was reading and looked him up and thought “gotta check this dude out”. I can relate to him in a few ways.
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Try some Hubert Selby jr. maybe. then if you come back to Bukowski, checkout his poetry. It is pretty easy to appreciate by people who would not normally read poems.I like that they are all relatively short. I read Factotum in one night at work. I‘m sure I’ll get more, but I need a break.
Finished the following Charles Bukowski books: Ham on Rye, Factotum, Women, and Post Office. I think it’s time to fill my mind with something wholesome and knowledgeable
Having listened to every available podcast episode it seemed only natural to buy the book. Starting it today.
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for non fiction, I think you would like Freekonomics. Pretty accessible, and I found the concepts interesting.
Read Last exit to Brooklyn. Dark, rather depressing. To be honest I’m surprised it was allowed to be published when it came out. But it is good.I have been a listener of the podcast for a long time now. I enjoy it. I have heard of the book but never considered, so what the hell, I just bought it.
I’ll check out Hubert Selby jr. too. A couple of his books were made in to movies that I have never seen. Might as well read the books first.
Gonna get it now. On a side note, why the hell are hardcover books so rare and expensive! I greatly prefer hardcover over paperback but hardly anything, especially the old stuff, is published in hardcover!Read Last exit to Brooklyn. Dark, rather depressing. To be honest I’m surprised it was allowed to be published when it came out. But it is good.
Hardcover are usually the first or early printings. Once the rights are sold the new publishers will be going for maximum output v profit.Gonna get it now. On a side note, why the hell are hardcover books so rare and expensive! I greatly prefer hardcover over paperback but hardly anything, especially the old stuff, is published in hardcover!
Hardcover are usually the first or early printings. Once the rights are sold the new publishers will be going for maximum output v profit.
im getting most of my books via my ereader these days, if I’m honest.
currently reading Blindness by Jose Saramago
Read Last exit to Brooklyn. Dark, rather depressing. To be honest I’m surprised it was allowed to be published when it came out. But it is good.