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<p>Everyone&rsquo;s favorite Dirty Old Man returns with a new volume of uncollected work. Charles Bukowski (1920&ndash;1994), one of the most outrageous figures of twentieth-century American literature, was so prolific that many significant pieces never found their way into his books. <em>Absence of the Hero</em> contains much of his earliest fiction, unseen in decades, as well as a number of previously unpublished stories and essays. The classic Bukowskian obsessions are here: sex, booze, and gambling, along with trenchant analysis of what he calls "Playing and Being the Pet." Among the book's highlights are tales of his infamous public readings ("The Big Dope Reading," "I Just Write Poetry So I Can Go to Bed with Girls"); a review of his own first book; hilarious installments of his newspaper column, <em>Notes of a Dirty Old Man</em>, including meditations on neo-Nazis and driving in Los Angeles; and an uncharacteristic tale of getting lost in the Utah woods ("Bukowski Takes a Trip"). Yet the book also showcases the other Bukowski&mdash;an astute if offbeat literary critic. From his own "Manifesto" to his account of poetry in Los Angeles ("A Foreword to These Poets") to idiosyncr

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Author

Bukowski, Charles; Calonne, David

Publisher

City Lights ; Publishers Group UK [distributor

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780872865570

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.94 / 5 (322 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14