The Pleasures Of The Damned: Charles Bukowsi

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The Pleasures Of The Damned: Charles BukowsiTo his legions of fans, Charles Bukowski was and remains the quintessential counterculture icon. A hard drinking wild man of literature and a stubborn outsider to the poetry world, he wrote unflinchingly about booze, work, and women, in raw, street tough poems whose truth has struck a chord with generations of readers. Edited by John Martin, publisher of Black Sparrow Press and a close friend of Bukowski's, The Pleasures of the Damned is a selection

spanning the vastness of distance between Sydney's bohemian intelligentsia and the apparent certainties of life in an Australian country town

frequented by low-life of all description

the Challenger

a champion in itself

As Billy lies in his hospital bed

Arthur Pendragon

a man who spent much of his life devoid of love

the Holy Trinity Church and the Talbragar Shire Council offices among them - are constructed of sandstone blocks from the nearby riverbed

Cinderella

On reaching Eleanor's court

Stuart - and his unswerving faith in God

the mild-mannered bank manager who was persuaded to take a walk on the wild side by the ghosts of George and Marion Kerby (he inherited them when he bought the wrecked sports car in which they'd died) finds himself reunited with his dyspeptic wife for an extended vacation on the Riviera

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