Hot Water Music

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Summary: Viva Bukowski But This Isn't The Good Stuff
Review: As an ardent fan of Bukowski and Henry Chinaski, this by far is my favorite book by Buk. If you haven't read any Bukowski but always wanted to, this is perhaps a great place to start. It's a series of short stories that give you a taste for Buk's writing. You'll either love him or hate him. There's no in between. But if you love this book, then you can look forward to many other fictional pieces by Buk that will delight you. Either that or after about three chapters you will want to go out and get drunk, or get laid! Enjoy! Buk is a God!

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Summary: Typical Bukowski stories, which is not bad thing, not at all
Review: Have you read Bukowski before? If you have,then stories in this book offer you nothing new or surprizing. Just a bunch of raw, tender and life-like stories, all written with simple, well working sentences. Reading these stories always provides me great pleasure and I enjoy the possibility to read heavyweight things in easy way, without having to battle your my through a jungle of words that actually mean something else that they are saying. I'm not much of a friend of useless playing around with artistic styles of litterature. (Or something like that...) However, if you HAVEN'T read B. yet, then I recommend you to do it. See, if this writing makes any sense to you and if you like the things I am explaining, then you probably LIKE READING THIS BOOK! However, this is by no means, the best thing, that Bukowski has written. But still it is better than most books and/or stories nowadays.

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Summary: Every Tale Unexpected
Review: I recently saw the movie barfly and I was totally entertained and wanted to know more about the person behind the script, hence, Charles Bukowski. His writing is rapid fire and from the gut. I have a tape of his from when he gave a poetry reading and you can tell he talks like he writes. Truly a significant talent. I am now reading one Bukowski after another. Another favorite of short stories is "Tales of a dirty old man". There are some stories I have read from him that STILL have me laughing at just the thought of them, 3 months after reading them. He is the underground genius of American literature.

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Summary: find the time
Review: i'm not sure if a lot of people are aware of this, but there is a band that takes its name from the title of this book. Hot Water Music is an awesome band from Gainesville, FL. Most of their music was released on No Idea Records, but their upcoming album will be released by Epitaph Records. They are an absolutley amazing emocore band. Their words give me strength to fight each day. You folks should really check them out.

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Summary: hank's so so short stories
Review: not my favorite of hank's short stories but interesting enough to read all the way thru