For the first time in paperback - from the estate of Charles Bukowski. In 1969, the writings of the Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski transformed from a well-kept underground secret into a notorious cult author. Following his legendary obsessions - sex, alcohol, and gambling - his texts explore big politics and small things, his flickering relationships with women, and his attempts to prove himself as a poet in the circus of book tours. A life on the edge. "The brilliant mole has left us more texts, and they are hits - they bring tears to your eyes." Tom Waits.