All good. If you haven't seen it, the movie version of Ask The Dust by John Fante (one of Bukowskis idols) was also enlightening. There's a lot of attention bei

All good. If you haven't seen it, the movie version of Ask The Dust by John Fante (one of Bukowskis idols) was also enlightening. There's a lot of attention being paid to the novels in this thread. His most impactful stuff was the poetry, though. Novels paid the bills, AFAIU. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fante https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fante https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask_the_Dust_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask_the_Dust_(film)