HAM ON RYE

[esart]

True. Claiming to know what anyone else would think about anything is lame.

 

[mjp]

Hmm, well, I guess this puts an end to any question of whether beerbong and budastone are pals. And now closing a thread is considered censorship - oh my, what big salty tears they cry! It makes me so sad.

Funny, really, considering that neither one of them posts from a country that isn't rife with very real censorship in everyday life. But they come here and suddenly grow some balls and complain. Will wonders never cease?

 

[esart]

Didn't you say one was Hungarian? They are going through some crazy changes right now - politically. One day I will go there and see the land where my grandfather came from, but not now. It's nutty there right now.

...But then again they could be on a proxy.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Where's my mansion? I must have missed the e-mail or something.

 

[Johannes]

Shit, all of this is on the Bukowski-would-have-hated-it-list.

ALL OF IT!

I have the list here. It's in my desk drawer.

 

[bospress.net]

it is the last refuge of scoundrels and trolls.

 

[hank solo]

Personally, I think people who come here with the 'Bukowski would hate this site, he would hate you' line are deluded. I guess they think that they would be pals with 'ol' Buk'. When he was alive, they were the one's turning up at his door with a 6-pack and a stupid shit eating grin.

"Stick that beer up your ass."

 

[d gray]

please, bukowski would've loved this place.

he appreciated all attention, he was just too conflicted to show it (for the most part)

 

[hoochmonkey9]

coming soon to a t shirt near you...

a BudaBelly666 production!

 

[christopher]

7 chapters into Ham On Rye. It is my least favorite novel so far.

 

[esart]

Well, that's your problem then, isn't it? ;)

 

[christopher]

I'm 33 chapters in now and I'm really starting to warm up to it.
Its just different because I read Women first, which I still think is his best novel. I was hooked on Women from the first chapter.
Took me about 10-15 to really get into this one.

 

[christopher]

Someday someone will respond to these posts and have a discussion about these books. hahaha.

I only have 3 chapters left of Ham On Rye.
I really enjoyed it.
I understand now what James meant in the thread I created about what order to read the novels in when he suggested:
ham on rye
factotum
post office
women
hollywood
I think that, had I not already started reading Women, I would have done it this way. Now that I've read Women, Post Office and Ham On Rye, I'll probably read the last 3 in the order of: Factotum, Hollywood, Pulp.

 

[therman.merman]

7 chapters into Ham On Rye. It is my least favorite novel so far.

Well, it has some of the funniest stuff Bukowski has ever written. Especially the army training part.