Best Buk Bio(s)?
- Thread starter LickTheStar
- Start date
G
GDPR 4124
Hello everyone,
I have been reading and appreciating Bukowski for quite a while and now I have gotten to the point where I feel an urge to dig in real deep in his life and work. The problem is just that I don't know where to start. Therefore I ask you guys, who I know are very well versed and full of knowledge when it comes to our man, if you could tell me which Bukowski biography or memoir you consider to be the best?
Thanks.
I have been reading and appreciating Bukowski for quite a while and now I have gotten to the point where I feel an urge to dig in real deep in his life and work. The problem is just that I don't know where to start. Therefore I ask you guys, who I know are very well versed and full of knowledge when it comes to our man, if you could tell me which Bukowski biography or memoir you consider to be the best?
Thanks.
I feel the Hunchback of East Hollywood is the best of the Bios. I love prose poetry.
Every time I see the cover of that book I get hives.
zobraks
Moderator
I haven't read the book, but from what I've heard about it (from many a reliable source) I reckon you must be closely related to Mrs Malone toI feel the Hunchback of East Hollywood is the best of the Bios.
Nice try.
I'm afraid the cover is the better part of the book.
mjp
Founding member
Yes, we can include any book that was "written" by reading and rearranging existing bios. If you look at the other books Malone has churned out they are all the same. Hack jobs pieced together from other sources.
A real biography is a difficult, time consuming, expensive endeavor. The only people I can think of who went to that trouble are Sounes and John Dullaghan, who made Born Into This.
Though I'm pretty sure @Philip Wissbeck didn't come here just to shill for that book, since he's been a member for more than seven years.
A real biography is a difficult, time consuming, expensive endeavor. The only people I can think of who went to that trouble are Sounes and John Dullaghan, who made Born Into This.
Though I'm pretty sure @Philip Wissbeck didn't come here just to shill for that book, since he's been a member for more than seven years.
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
Funny thing is that I own that book, it was a gift. I hated the cover so much that I could never get myself to open the book. I probably read everything Bukowski except that bio.
Last edited:
Bukfan
"The law is wrong; I am right"
Funny, that Phillip Wissbeck thinks it's the best Buk bio around. I wonder if he ever read Sounes´ Buk bio?
I´ve got the Malone bio and I can't think of a worse Buk bio. I´ll never know how I managed to get through it. If you want to know what people think of it, just read the reviews on Amazon.
I´ve got the Malone bio and I can't think of a worse Buk bio. I´ll never know how I managed to get through it. If you want to know what people think of it, just read the reviews on Amazon.
It starts with "More renowned for his outrageous outbursts than anything he put on a page..." and gets worse from there.
