Tales of Ordinary Madness
 

Tales of Ordinary Madness

by Charles Bukowski

With Bukowski, the votes are still coming in. There seems to be no middle ground-people seem either to love him or hate him. Tales of his own life and doings are as wild and weird as the very stories he writes. In a sense, Bukowski was a legend in his time . . . a madman, a recluse, a lover . . . tender, vicious . . . never the same . . . these are exceptional stories that come pounding... (read more)

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Member Reviews

  • lore
    • Rated 4 stars

    Ok, let's go in his world, sex, women, horce races, whiskey, come on everybody would like to have this life!

    lore wrote this review Saturday, September 27 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Amanda
    • Rated 5 stars

    My favorite of his. Very touching funny honest stories combing ugly and beautiful, really passionate, very moving.

    Amanda wrote this review Sunday, June 15 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • naz
    • Rated 3 stars

    A singular experience.

    Bukowski is an onion, but not one you necessarily want to peel.

    naz wrote this review Friday, April 18 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Kamran H
    • Rated 5 stars

    Such an extraordinary person, who can make you laugh with tears in your eyes, and in so simple words he can tell what masters of literature couldn't tell us... He knows the agony and misery of human mind...

    Kamran H wrote this review Monday, December 3 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • judih
    • Rated 4 stars

    loved Zen Wedding. loved them all.

    judih wrote this review Thursday, October 11 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • martacat
    • Rated 4 stars

    Animal Crackers in My Soup is all i need to say. Bukowski managed to blow my mind with that one. I laughed and could not help wonder exactly why I laughed. This is a great.

    martacat wrote this review Tuesday, June 5 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • SanFrancisco
    • Rated 4 stars

    Even if it's not his finest, Bukowski is as drunk as ever in this collection of stories.

    SanFrancisco wrote this review Saturday, October 14 2006. ( reply | permalink )
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