"He loads his head full of coal and diamonds shoot out of his finger
tips. What a trick. The mole genius has left us with another digest.
It's a full house - read 'em and weep." - Tom Waits
After toiling in obscurity for years, Charles Bukowski suddenly found
fame in 1967 with his autobiographical newspaper column, "Notes of a
Dirty Old Man", and a book of that name in 1969. He continued writing
this column, in one form or another, through the mid-1980s. More Notes
of a Dirty Old Man gathers many uncollected gems from the column's
20-year run.
Filled with his usual obsessions - sex, booze, gambling - More
features Bukowski's offbeat insights into politics and literature, his
tortured, violent relationships with women, and his lurid escapades on
the poetry reading circuit. Highlighting his versatility, the book
ranges from thinly-veiled autobiography to purely fictional tales of
dysfunctional suburbanites, disgraced politicians, and down-and-out
sports promoters - climaxing with a long, hilarious adventure among
French filmmakers, to "My Friend the Gambler", based on his experiences
making the movie Barfly.
From his lowly days at the post office through his later literary fame,
More follows the entire arc of Bukowski's colorful career.
OBIE winner Will Patton (Remember the Titans, The Good Wife,
Armageddon) recreates Bukowski in his visceral prime, along with every
eye-popping character in his life, each adversary, lover, and stranger
in a lost city.
