Uncorrected Proof: Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski (1990)
Uncorrected Proof: Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski (1990)
This is a 1990 uncorrected proof from Random House for the biography Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski, by Neeli Cherkovski.
This copy is in Near Fine -minus condition. It has has some light sunning and wear to the covers. The interior is clean and binding is tight.
With Charles Bukowski, as with many autobiographical writers, one gets curious to see what his life was really like and how the stories and poems relate to it chronologically. In this case the question is also, "Does Bukowski live up to the myth surrounding him?"
Addressing this question in his biography, Cherkovski reproduces many favorite poems and little fragments of prose and then analyzes them insightfully in relation to the writer's life. Cherkovski was a good friend of Bukowski during the late Sixties, and his tales of their exploits together are humorous and cringy to read.