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Can anyone find the copies sold during the 70's of his first novels- namely Post Office, but also Factotum/Women. I can see Buk lived very moderately up until the early 80s and was wondering about how much/distribution(would it have been found in the big bookstores of the day - or was it a...

I think we all agree with the above. It just highlights how different his views and philosophies were even in his younger years. You'd have to search far and wide to find someone from that generation in the '40's like Bukowski. Speaking against the the war effort, even in a passive way -...

I agree with you Skygazer on the ROTC. Buk never volunteered for anything conventional I reason I posted the question: I'm thinking of the many WW2 generation men (and women) that i knew(and a few i still know, including my grandfather at age 90) and none of them could dream up a any kind of...

http://www.academia.edu/1003348/4-F_Charles_Bukowski_and_World_War_II This is a pretty good paper on the subject of Bukowski and WW2. His view is still opaque to me, but basically he just had little care/no time for the matter. It would be interesting to know what he told people in bars etc...

I've read the Tales of Ordinary Madness and other bio information, but what did Bukowski have to say about the US involvement in WW2 - the fact that he was dodged the draft in some form or fashion would have been Massively against the Grain of the times(but who else but Buk would be that?)...

Brilliant to find this Gem...from the Caribbean. Tony