- Paperback: 310 pages
- Publisher: Rebel inc.; New edition edition (16 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0862419069
- ISBN-13: 978-0862419066
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Bukowskis Life from Birth to Death - So Good, So Far,
By A Customer
This review is from: Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life (Paperback)
Howard Sounes wrote what he hoped would be the definitive Biography of Charles Bukowski. Not ever having met Bukowski himself, he took to the road and talked to friends and family alike and built up a picture of the Bukowski legend. The results are very impressive.This book is heavily based on Bukowski's already autobiographical novels and poetry, often quoting from Bukowski's published works. But Souness has tied the real identities of friends and lovers with a lot of the characters in the novels, and has described the places where Bukowski was living and writing. There are also some interesting stories on how Black Sparrow press was set and Bukowski being bought his first computer for Christmas. At times this is an intense read. Sounes stays objective showing tht Bukowski wasn't always the greatest friend to have in the world all the time but other times it shows how much he cared for people, for his daughter and for close friends. More than anything, it provides additional information to that found in Bukowski's books, and a backbone to the stories which have become legends over the years.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Hank Remembered,
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This review is from: Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life (Paperback)
Riveting from start to finish this book is an engaging insight into one of the greatest ever twentieth-century American writers. The biography is pacy and compassionate whilst at the same time showing that the great Buk really was a pain in the backside - but if he was any other way, he probably wouldn't have written as well as he did. Highly recommended to anyone with the faintest interest in Bukowski. Check out also 'Art, Survival and So Forth: The Poetry of Charles Bukowski' by Jules Smith
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Brilliant book,
By Guilder "Guilder" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life (Paperback)
This is a magnificent biography of Bukowski, a writer who turned his life into fiction, twisting the story ever so slightly in the process. What the author does is untwist the tale, sorting fact from fiction, and making Charles "Hank" Bukowski come alive as a fallible but endearing personality.
With frequent quotations from Bukowski's writing, and contributions from all the important people in his life, this is a literary biography that grips the reader, entertains and educates. It is also commendably succinct, written somewhat in the style of Bukowski, as a tribute to him, so short sentences, paragraphs and chapters and lots of dialogue and anecdote. If you love Bukowski, you will relish this life of Hank.
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