The Pleasures of the Damned

Name: The Pleasures of the Damned
Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)
Author: Charles Bukowski
ISBN: 9780061228438

by Charles Bukowski, John Martin

4.5

(8 ratings)

557 pages2007EccoISBN 9780061228438

American literaturePoetry (poetic works by one author)American poetry

About this book

The Pleasures of the Damned is a selection of the best poetry from America's most iconic and imitated poet, Charles Bukowski. Celebrating the full range of the poet's extraordinary sensibility and his uncompromising linguistic brilliance, these poems cover a lifetime of experience, from his renegade early work to never-before-collected poems penned during the final days before his death. Selected by John Martin, Bukowski's long-time editor and the publisher of the legendary Black Sparrow Press, this stands as what Martin calls 'the best of the best of Bukowski'.

Publication Details

Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2007
Pages: 557
ISBN: 9780061228438
Language: en

About Charles Bukowski

Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles, and is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. A prolific author, Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and six novels, eventually having over 60 books in print. In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife."