As far as I'm concerned the author and dirty old man behind the book Notes of a Dirty Old Man, one Charles Bukowski, should replace Jesus Christ, Mohammed and Abraham as our personal messiahs. Bukowksi actually makes Old Dirty Bastard(RIP) look like a squeaky clean schoolboy bitch through his tales of raunchiness and debauchery. It may sound a bit gay, but the way
this man's words dance across the page is an inspiration to social deviants and enemies of the proper use of the english language everywhere.
Notes of a Dirty Old Man is a collection of demented, hilariously
unrestrained and sometimes even insightful articles that Bukowski wrote for a friends underground newspaper in the 60's. These disjointed stories gives us a glimpse into the brilliant and highly disturbed mind of a man who will drink anything, hump anything and say anything without the slightest tinge of embarassment, shame or remorse. It's actually pretty hard not to like the guy after reading a few of these semi-ranting short stories.
In other ways, reading this compilation of stories feels like hanging out with a bitter and demented mad man on the brink of self destruction. He's not afraid to tell the publisher to ram a nipple up his scrotum if he doesn't like the way he is using past and present tense. In another instance, our hero is dropping a deuce on a toilet while two guys are shaving each other's cock and balls in the bathroom and doing that trick where you put your junk between your legs and it looks like you're shitting
a rat. Bukowski mentions that he's watched 12,500 horse races and had 2,500 pieces of ass and his advice to us all is this-take up watercolor painting. What balls this guy has!
I almost forgot, this book isn't for your fucking mom to read. She can probably find some sappy romance novel from Oprah's book club about getting herpes in Africa and finding true love or some shit. It's also not for little bitches, or for people who can't handle curse words, stories about excessive drinking and $10 whores, losing your mind, and doing stupid self-destructive shit. This book is for people with cajones that are willing to man up, talk some shit and get into some sketchiness every once in a while.
