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More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: The Uncollected Columns Paperback – September 13, 2011

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"He loads his head full of coal and diamonds shoot out of his finger tips. What a trick. The mole genius has left us with another digest. It's a full house—read 'em and weep."—Tom Waits

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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"In another installment of his essays and ramblings, City Lights press have surely come up with a winner."—Beat Scene

"Proving that misanthropic and humanitarian are two sides of the same tarnished coin and that stagnation and metamorphosis are equally related, this collection arcs subtly from the banal side of addiction to the most extreme forms of love and hate. Bukowski's prose is still relevant, still shocking, still transcendent."—Publishers Weekly

"To anyone familiar with Bukowski's work, they're more of the good stuff -- essays on pure desire that demonstrate his lust for the physical world. And of course, they're shot through with Bukowski's admirable denial of a higher meaning to his work -- to an earnest interviewer, he writes, 'When I die they can take my work and wipe a cat's ass with it. It will be of no earthly use to me.'"—LA Weekly

"In these pieces, written for the alternative press from 1967 through the mid-’80s, is a Bukowski you might not know—the father taking his seven-year-old daughter to the beach in Santa Monica, where he rescues a homeless man who’s been beaten up by thugs. Here's the Bukowski lost in the gender wars, confused and trying to keep his own desire (piggy at times, yes) alive. He wasn't looking for beauty, but he found it now and then. And he was happy writing these columns—as much as a grumpy middle-aged drunk can be."—Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Magazine

"He's been gone since 1994, but Charles Bukowski continues to fascinate us. His tales of sex, drugs,and booze, and more sex, drugs, and booze, ad infinitum, resonate a lurid energy that grabs our attention and keeps it."—SF Weekly

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David Stephen Calonne is the editor of two previous books of uncollected Bukowski published by City Lights, Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook and Absence of the Hero, as well as a volume of interviews, Charles Bukowski: Sunshine Here I Am. He presently teaches at East Michigan University.

Author of over 50 books, Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was born in Germany but spent most of his life in Los Angeles, with which he is closely identified. His outrageous tales of sex, booze, and gambling remain wildly popular today.

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Item Weight : 11 ounces
Paperback : 248 pages
ISBN-10 : 0872865436
ISBN-13 : 978-0872865433
Product Dimensions : 5.75 x 0.75 x 8 inches
Publisher : City Lights Publishers; First Edition (September 13, 2011)
Language: : English

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Alex R.

Loved it!

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2019

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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.

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Jeff Lucas

more notes of a dirty old man by charles bukowsi

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2012

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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.

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FezFam

I mean, Bukowski.

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2017

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I mean, Bukowski

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MR PETER GRAHAM

More Notes of a Dirty Old Man

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2013

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The second volume
More 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.

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Mel Genraich

Love folks like that--few and far between

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017

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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.

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Not the best collection

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2013

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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.

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Steven Eggleton

The Old Man Is Back!

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2014

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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

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Robert W. Howington

LOL Buk Short Stories

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2014

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One of Bukowski's best short story collections. Funny as funny can get.

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Lennard Grahn

Another belt of ammo from the Bukowski machinegun

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 15, 2013

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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.

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Delivery on time

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

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good service

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 18, 2019

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goog book!

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Darryl Murphy

Five Stars

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As usual top writing from the master.

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Luis Garay

It's Bukowski, what else can i say?

Reviewed in Canada on September 7, 2017

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It's Bukowski, what else can i say?

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