More Notes of a Dirty Old Man

The Uncollected Columns

By: Charles Bukowski, David Stephen Calonne - editor

Narrated by: Will Patton

"He loads his head full of coal and diamonds shoot out of his finger tips. What a trick. The mole genius has left us with another digest. It's a full house - read 'em and weep." - Tom Waits

After toiling in obscurity for years, Charles Bukowski suddenly found fame in 1967 with his autobiographical newspaper column, "Notes of a Dirty Old Man", and a book of that name in 1969. He continued writing this column, in one form or another, through the mid-1980s. More Notes of a Dirty Old Man gathers many uncollected gems from the column's 20-year run.

Filled with his usual obsessions - sex, booze, gambling - More features Bukowski's offbeat insights into politics and literature, his tortured, violent relationships with women, and his lurid escapades on the poetry reading circuit. Highlighting his versatility, the book ranges from thinly-veiled autobiography to purely fictional tales of dysfunctional suburbanites, disgraced politicians, and down-and-out sports promoters - climaxing with a long, hilarious adventure among French filmmakers, to "My Friend the Gambler", based on his experiences making the movie Barfly.

From his lowly days at the post office through his later literary fame, More follows the entire arc of Bukowski's colorful career.

OBIE winner Will Patton (Remember the Titans, The Good Wife, Armageddon) recreates Bukowski in his visceral prime, along with every eye-popping character in his life, each adversary, lover, and stranger in a lost city.

More about the author:

Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for 50 years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was 24, and began writing poetry at the age of 35. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of 73, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.

©2011 The Estate of Charles Bukowski (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Read Chapter 29 first.

And the rest of the book will seem tame by comparison. Oh, uh, spoiler alert.

Read Chapter 29 first. Then call 911.

Will Patton gives unspeakably cringeworthy performances of Bukowski's most vile material. Don't hate him for that. Because the director told him to do it that way. Kisses.

Can't get enough.

I like pretty much anything read by Will Patton, but these stories really make me laugh. We need more Bukowskis in the world! Just as good as the first dirty old man book.