Useful Article No. 4
February 18, 2007 at 11:18 am | In Useful Articles | 2 Comments
“Ham on Rye” by Charles Bukowski
Ive been revisiting some of the novels I read as a teenager lately.
I loved Bukowski and amassed a huge collection of his writings.
There was something in the way he used words – the economy of his prose and all that arty farty stuff.
This beats all his more popular works hands down though.
Everyone talks about “Post Office”, “Women”, “Factotum” etc etc … although they are all great I soon got worn down by their inherent misogyny.
This one is about his childhood and avoids all that tripe.
Henry Chinaski … ye cannae beat him!
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I was always told that I would love this book, but always forgot.
Thanks for the reminder bawbags, I’ll pick up a copy soon.
Gary Wood
Comment by Gary Wood — February 19, 2007 #
I managed to pick up an original hardback copy in perfect condition for 20quid … mind you … that was about 12 or 13 year ago!
Its magic!
I took a stack of ma books back down from ma visit to ma mothers at xmas … this took pride of place in ma holdall!
Aw the best!
Comment by bawbag1 — February 19, 2007 #