
Notes of a Dirty Old Man
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Narrated by:
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Will Patton
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By:
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Charles Bukowski
"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
Born from Bukowski's columns, the LA underground press of the 1960s, Bukowski defined his early alter ego, Hank Chinaski, as a self-described dirty old man who eyes his defeatist attitude about himself with his clarity to see humor and holiness in others. Addictive and instructive listening, Bukowski delivers the humanity and intelligence of all the unseen. Filled with his usual obsessions - sex, booze, gambling - Notes features Bukowski's offbeat insights into politics and literature, and his tortured, violent relationships.
"People come to my door - too many of them really - and knock to tell me Notes of a Dirty Old Man turns them on. A bum off the road brings in a gypsy and his wife and we talk...drink half the night. A long distance operator from Newburgh, N.Y. sends me money. She wants me to give up drinking beer and to eat well. I hear from a madman who calls himself 'King Arthur' and lives on Vine Street in Hollywood and wants to help me write my column. A doctor comes to my door: 'I read your column and think I can help you. I used to be a psychiatrist.' I send him away...."
"Bukowski writes like a latter-day Celine, a wise fool talking straight from the gut about the futility and beauty of life...." (Publishers Weekly)
OBIE winner Will Patton (Remember the Titans, The Good Wife, Armageddon) recreates Bukowski in his visceral prime, along with every eye-popping character in his life, each adversary, lover, and stranger in a lost city.
More about the author:
Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for 50 years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was 24, and began writing poetry at the age of 35. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of 73, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.
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This work is a nostalgic reminder of a time of misogyny that dominated damn near every aspect of society for both men and women and how society was complacent in looking the other way.
I feel not only the reminder of a such a hard upbringing in the hands of men similar as the protagonist/author but, also of a victory of walking through the eye of a needle of such a vile period of time and patriarchy.
We're by far not out of the henhouse yet but, excuse me while I schedule an appointment with my therapist.
Like my Grandfather returned from the grave.
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Brilliant!
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Loved the reader! He really brought Bukowski to life in my head.
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Dirty old book
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Who is Bukowski?
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10/10
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Real Life
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This is a wonderful read!! I’ve purchased more of Bukowski.
GLORIOUS
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great fun of a listen
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The narrator did so well. skinded as if it were Bukowski himself! Well read with the inflection and grit that Bukowskis books have! Chapter 10 was my favorite! He is witty without trying! Just a straight shooter!
classic americano!
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