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Description

from "neither Shakespeare nor Mickey Spillane" young young young, only wanting the Word, going mad in the streets and in the bars, brutal fights, broken glass, crazy women screaming in your cheap room, you a familiar guest at the drunk tank, North Avenue 21, Lincoln Heights sifting through... read more

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Memorable Quotes

  • “'my next university lecture will be THE POSITIVE INFLUENCE OF GAMBLING AS A MEANS OF DEFINING EXPERIENCE AS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TOUCHED LIKE A BOOK OF MATCHES OR A SOUP SPOON.'”

First Sentence

why is it that the pickup truck carrying the loose refrigerator on the freeway is always going between 80 and 90 m.p.h.?

Authors & Contributors

  1. Charles Bukowski (Author)
 

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