More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: The Uncollected Columns by Charles Bukowski (PDF)

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After toiling in obscurity for years, Charles Bukowski suddenly found fame in 1967 with his autobiographical newspaper column, “Notes of a Dirty Old Man,” and a book of that name in 1969. He continued writing this column, in one form or another, through the mid-1980s. More Notes of a Dirty Old Man gathers many uncollected gems from the column’s twenty-year run. Drawn from ephemeral underground publications, these stories and essays haven’t been seen in decades, making More a valuable addition to Bukowski’s oeuvre. Filled with his usual obsessions—sex, booze, gambling—More features Bukowski’s offbeat insights into politics and literature, his tortured, violent relationships with women, and his lurid escapades on the poetry reading circuit. Highlighting his versatility, the book ranges from thinly veiled autobiography to purely fictional tales of dysfunctional suburbanites, disgraced politicians, and down-and-out sports promoters, climaxing with a long, hilarious adventure among French filmmakers, “My Friend the Gambler,” based on his experiences making the movie Barfly. From his lowly days at the post office through his later literary fame, More follows the entire arc of Bukowski’s colorful career.Edited by Bukowski scholar David Stephen Calonne, More Notes of a Dirty Old Man features an afterword outlining the history of the column and its effect on the author’s creative development.Born in Andernach, Germany in 1920, Charles Bukowski came to California at age three and spent most of his life in Los Angeles. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994.

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Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐As a man who prides himself on having read everything Bukowski ever put to paper, I don’t know how this new collection managed to stay under my radar for so long. It would appear that three years ago City Lights (yo, Ferlinghetti, when you gonna publish my poems!) scraped enough stuff together to come out with one more Buke (rhymes with puke) collection. Which speaks volumes (literally) of the man’s prolificacy. Here he is in the ground 17 years, and still he’s churning out the hits like some literary Lazarus (or Tupac Shakur, if you will). At any rate, you can imagine my surprise when I stumbled across this in my local bookstore. It was like finding the Holy Grail in a trash heap, because even when Bukowski is bad, he is still better than 90% of the stuff out there. Which brings me to the content of this book. Is every piece a gem -no. But it’s still worth the price of admission in my opinion. All the Bukowski mainstays are here: horse betting, broads, and booze. Would we want it any other way? So, grab a six pack, peel the cap off a pint of Ten High, and flick your bic; because The Dirty Old Man is back for one more round!-Steven Eggleton, author of Deadfall Blues & Dry Heat

⭐I read as much Charles Bukowski as I can afford to buy, and this book is fine. I declined to give the book five stars, because they’ve not used any material that I coud tell that had been previously published except in the papers for which Bukowski wrote – and I think it’s because the columns aren’t Bukowski’s best work. Maybe there was a reason why the material in this book remained “uncollected” for a while – it’s not his best work by a long shot. A couple of jewels, but mostly rocks here. I would recommend the book for any serious Bukowski fan, but no one else.

⭐I first read Bukowski 40 years ago and was charmed. I was only 22. I started with the original “Notes” and “Erections etc.” But after reading a few of his novels the novelty had worn off. Nonetheless, he served as an inspiration to me as a young man that it was possible to live a life of dignified masculinity on one’s own terms. But the price is way too steep: numbing yourself with alcohol and insulating yourself from others in habitual solitude. It’s a sterile, crippled masculinity.Reading this collection was a real chore. He comes across as tiresome barroom bore. The afterword says that Bukowski’s newspaper column, from which these selections were taken, was punctuated with moments of exquisite sensitivity, or some such. Seemed more like half-baked philosophizing to me, the kind you hear from half-drunk blowhards in barrooms.Much is made of Bukowski’s love of high culture, such as Mahler, and how his talent spanned the working-class gutter and the fine arts. But to me his love of Mahler just shows how much he’s just another effete, elitist snob. The material in this book about his association with the LouJon super-arty, handmade publishers just goes to further confirm this.The good things are: his prose does flow pretty good, he can turn a nice phrase and it’s nice to hear a fairly down-to-earth old man speak plainly and confidently about his personal, subjective feelings.

⭐I am a fan of Bukowski’s poetry, I love it, but he is also a fantastic storyteller. This book is raw, honest and describes the things we all think but don’t say out loud.

⭐It has been a blessing that Charles Bukowski was such a prolific and consistently good writer. I remember when he died in 1994, all of us readers thought that maybe there would be one more book in the vaults that we could cherish if we were lucky…the miracle is that there has been this unprecedented overflow of posthumous books from Bukowski, that have kept us going…and going.

⭐Enjoythat brutal honesty and opinionated, direct writing. It’s raw and real! Love folks like that–few and far between. He was a rare and brilliant man.

⭐I mean, Bukowski

⭐The second volumeMore Note of a Dirty Old Man are his regular column musings for a small news paper that Bukowski slagged-off for a quick buck but Bukowski couldnt help but be funny and brilliant, because he was made of the real stuff.

⭐As the years go by after Bukowski left this world (1994) one can’t help being awestruck by the fact that the man was so prolific a writer that it’s still possible for his publishers to find previously uncollected material of the highest quality.In this case we are presented with a collection of writings from Bukowski’s famous column, “notes of a dirty old man” which appeared in a string of underground and counterculture papers and magazines from the late sixties and until the mid-eighties.Expect classic Bukowski material about drinking, horse playing, troubles with women mixed in with lamentations over the general sorry state of the world and the human species.No serious Bukowski addict should be without it.

⭐I have already read this but wanted my own copy. Delivery was on time and the book is new and neat.Many thanks!

⭐goog book!

⭐As usual top writing from the master.

⭐It’s Bukowski, what else can i say?

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