Published in 1983 by Black Sparrow Press, Hot Water Music is a larger collection of short stories, mainly published in 1972 to 1973 when he was doing his Notes of a Dirty Old Man column for weeklies.
This is a lettered copy of the Deluxe edition and comes with an original painting by Charles Bukowski. This is hand-numbered copy “Z” and is signed by Bukowski on the colophon. The painting is signed “BUK” and is a portrait of monkey-looking figure that’s probably a man… I don’t know, I get high a lot.
There were a total of 125 copies with paintings.
The book and painting are both in Fine condition.
The short stories are as follows:
Less Delicate Than The Locust - pg. 11 - circa 1973
Scream When You Burn - pg. 17 - 1971
A Couple Of Gigolos - pg. 25 - 1974
The Great Poet - pg. 31
You Kissed Lilly - pg. 35
Hot Lady - pg. 41 - 1973
It's A Dirty World - pg. 47 - 1968
900 Pounds - pg. 51 - 1973
Decline And Fall - pg. 57
Have You Read Pirandello? - pg. 63 - 1973
Strokes To Nowhere - pg. 67 - 1973
Some Mother - pg. 75 - 1973
Scum Grief - pg. 81 - 1973
Not Quite Bernadette - pg. 87 - 1972
Some Hangover - pg. 93 - 1974
A Working Day - pg. 99 - 1972
The Man Who Loved Elevators - pg. 107
Head Job - pg. 113 - 1973
Turkeyneck Morning - pg. 121 - 1975
In And Out And Over - pg. 125
I Love You, Albert - pg. 131 - 1973
White Dog Hunch - pg. 137 - circa 1973
Long Distance Drunk - pg. 145 - 1974
How To Get Published - pg. 149 - 1973
Spider - pg. 155
The Death Of The Father I - pg. 161 - 1974
The Death Of The Father II - pg. 167 - 1974
Harry Ann Landers - pg. 171 - circa 1974
Beer At The Corner Bar - pg. 175 - 1974
The Upward Bird - pg. 179 - 1974
Cold Night - pg. 185 - 1975
A Favor For Don - pg. 189 - 1974
Praying Mantis - pg. 195 - 1973
Broken Merchandise - pg. 199
Home Run - pg. 205 - circa 1983
Fooling Marie - pg. 215 - circa 1983
File Box 1 and Case 5
