On Drinking

<p><strong>The definitive collection of works on a subject that inspired and haunted Charles Bukowski for his entire life: alcohol</strong> </p><p>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. </p><p>In <em>On Drinking</em> 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. </p><p><em>On Drinking </em>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. </p><p> </p>