ON DRINKING

The definitive collection of works on a subject that inspired and haunted Charles Bukowski for his entire life: alcohol Charles Bukowski turns to the bottle in this revelatory collection of poetry and prose that includes some of the writer ;s best and most lasting work. A self-proclaimed “dirty old man” Bukowski used alcohol as muse and as fuel a conflicted relationship responsible for some of his darkest moments as well as some of his most joyful and inspired. In On Drinking Bukowski expert Abel Debritto has collected the writer ;s most profound funny and memorable work on his ups and downs with the hard stuff—a topic that allowed Bukowski to explore some of life ;s most pressing questions. Through drink Bukowski is able to be alone to be with people to be a poet a lover and a friend—though often at great cost. As Bukowski writes in a poem simply titled “Drinking”: “for me/it was or/is/a manner of/dying/with boots on/and gun/smoking and a/symphony music background. ” On Drinking is a powerful testament to the pleasures and miseries of a life in drink and a window into the soul of one of our most beloved and enduring writers. ;