Joseph's review
Tales of Ordinary Madness
by Charles Bukowski
Joseph's review
Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski
Joseph's review
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I've always read Buk with a grain of salt. Some of his books, particularly his early stuff are great. Postal is a good read, but Hollywood is a tad redundant. This is a great one. Tales is a collection of short stories and each one displays a different side of the struggling poet/writer. It also has a nice juxtaposition of his fiction and poetry. His language of solitude completely captures the life of an down and out alcoholic. You realize that he has nothing left, but at the same time that there is something seething underneath it all, still driving him.
