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3437694 No.3437694[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Where would someone start with Bukowski? I see some hate about him here every so often. Is he worth reading?

>> No.3437705
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3437705

Out of all the writers in the world why does there have to be a discussion about fucking bukowski EVER SINGLE DAY.

Just fucking read Ham On Rye.

>> No.3437723

>>3437705
>Just fucking read Ham On Rye.
Don't listen to him, Opie, start with Post Office.

>> No.3437763

No! His shorts are better. Begin with Hot Water Music.

>> No.3437794

>>3437705
Because it's one or a few sad motherfuckers who post the same thread every day.

>> No.3437810

>>3437794
It's one tripfag called Bullkowski who posts these threads, then he jumps inside to rant about him.

>> No.3437851
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3437851

Forget Bukowski, OP. He's way overrated.
Start reading based T.C. Boyle

>> No.3437855

Start with Ham on Rye, it's my favorite of his.

Also read some of his poetry even if poetry isn't your thing.

>> No.3437878

My favorite is Post Office, but I started with Factotum.

Factotum got me hooked, so I guess that'd be a good place to start.

>> No.3437929

>>3437810
I haven't seen him in like two weeks. It would seem backwards for him to be making Bukowski threads and then never posting in them.

>> No.3437936

>>3437929
It's his new tactic. If he posts multiple Bukowski threads and hides, he thinks a board resentment will grow.

>> No.3437989

>>3437936
Hm. That could be true.

>> No.3438286

>>3437694
No don't read him. He is a really shitty writer.

>> No.3438318

I read Ham on Rye first and loved it. I read Post Office next and it was good. I made it about 60% of the way through Women before I got bored and stopped reading. It may have just been that I was reading too much Bukowski in a row that I got bored but I highly recomend Ham on Rye.