The only full biography of the celebrated cult figure and underground poet/novelist.
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An utter disappointment.,
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This review is from: Bukowski: A Life (Paperback)
Bukowski did the author of this book a great service by writing about his own life in his stories and poems, because that's the only information the author thought to use in his biography. He read Buk's books, told the real names of the people, put it all in chronological order, and that's it. This book didn't offer a single minor piece of insight into a man whose live I'd like to know more about. If you are looking for a real biography from someone who has actually done their research, I recommend "Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life" by Howard Sounes. That author did his legwork and did created a work that is actually worth something to the reader. So yes, stay as far away as possible from this book, and you will be a more complete person.
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Beyond the Myth,
By Bill Gainer (Grass Valley, California USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bukowski: A Life (Paperback)
If you want to get beyond the myth, legend, exaggerations and scandals of Charles Bukowski, Neeli Cherkovski's "Bukowski: A Life" is the place to start. This is the first, the original Bukowski biography, the seed from which all others blossom. Cherkovski, a friend, champion and at times co-conspirator is the only Bukowski biographer to cut through the illusions and deceptions of a public image and show Bukowski raw and human. If the book at times reads like a memoir, well it should. It is worth noting that Neeli Cherkovski was the only Bukowski biographer invited by Bukowski's wife, Linda, to attend and speak at the dedication of the Bukowski Archives at the Huntington Library, 2006. If you are looking for the true Bukowski, Cherkovski's "Bukowski: A Life" is a must read...
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I think what interests me about this biography more than any other writing of Bukowski is that Cherkovski was actually there. Neeli Cherkovski didn't just run in the same circles as bukowski or know him peripherally, he was an integral part of bukowskis' support system and a friend. One must keep in mind that anything Cherkovski has to say about bukowski is going to be much more accurate than a writer who did "research".
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In one of the quieter neighborhoods, almost at dead center of Los Angeles on a warm day in the spring of 1926, a little boy with a pouty face and small, intense eyes walked toward a group of kids playing three houses down from his own. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, Charles Bukowski, San Francisco, New Orleans, John Martin, Open City, Henry Miller, Jon Webb, Henry Bukowski, Linda Beighle, Carl Weissner, John Thomas, Linda King, New York, Carlton Way, Laugh Literary, Black Sparrow Press, City College, Gypsy Lou, Longwood Avenue, Santa Monica, East Hollywood, Harold Norse, Linda Lee, Loujon Press New!
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In one of the quieter neighborhoods, almost at dead center of Los Angeles on a warm day in the spring of 1926, a little boy with a pouty face and small, intense eyes walked toward a group of kids playing three houses down from his own. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, Charles Bukowski, San Francisco, New Orleans, John Martin, Open City, Henry Miller, Jon Webb, Henry Bukowski, Linda Beighle, Carl Weissner, John Thomas, Linda King, New York, Carlton Way, Laugh Literary, Black Sparrow Press, City College, Gypsy Lou, Longwood Avenue, Santa Monica, East Hollywood, Harold Norse, Linda Lee, Loujon Press New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski on 13 pages
- Ham On Rye by Charles Bukowski on 11 pages
- Post Office by Charles Bukowski on 10 pages
- Love is a Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski on 7 pages
- Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski on 5 pages
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- Bukowski and the Beats: A Commentary on the Beat Generation by Jean-Francois Duval on 4 pages
- Leaning Against Time by Neeli Cherkovski in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Whitman's Wild Children: Portraits of Thirteen Poets by Neeli Cherkovski in Front Matter
- Let it Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic by Jim Derogatis in Back Matter
- Full of Life: A Biography of John Fante by Stephen Cooper in Back Matter
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