~post by Andrew H.
If you’re a Bukowski fan like me, you’ve read everything by him. Whether you started with Post Office or Ham on Rye or his volumes of poetry, you know that once you’ve got the Bukowski bug it’s hard to know that there isn’t anything left.
Fear not!
Bukowski has certainly left his mark on the literary world with his trademark working class scumbaggery, but he didn’t come out of nowhere. Bukowski was a self-educated writer who spent his days in the library trudging through a whole lot of literature. The writers who were most influential to his work bear a strong resemblance to his output.
If you’re aching for more Bukowski and know that there simply isn’t much left to consume, I highly suggest these three novels to feed the beast.
Journey to the End of Night by Celine was one of Bukowski’s favorite novels. Celine…
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