I remember when some Bukowski fans got upset about Axl Rose wearing a Buk t-shirt and getting that crowd into the books. It might be a natural tendency to want to keep 'cool' stuff to yourself, but really, the more readers a writer can get the better.
Thanks. I saw it at the sotre, but the packaging didn't mention anything about the book inside, etc. Just checked the Amazon listing, and it appears to be the one on the X-Ray site. Off to order now.
I enjoyed it more on the second viewing. The first time I was just too critical, I think. It's a good movie. The hardest thing for me was Dillon as Chinaski, even when he tries to look rough he still seems well scrubbed and pretty boy to the core. But he did okay.