{"product_id":"charles-bukowski-on-drinking-2019-paperback","title":"Charles Bukowski: On Drinking [2019] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe definitive collection of works on a subject that inspired and haunted Charles Bukowski for his entire life: alcohol\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Bukowski turns to the bottle in this revelatory collection of poetry and prose that includes some of the writer's best and most lasting work. A self-proclaimed \"dirty old man,\" Bukowski used alcohol as muse and as fuel, a conflicted relationship responsible for some of his darkest moments as well as some of his most joyful and inspired. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOn Drinking\u003c\/em\u003e, Bukowski expert Abel Debritto has collected the writer's most profound, funny, and memorable work on his ups and downs with the hard stuff-a topic that allowed Bukowski to explore some of life's most pressing questions. Through drink, Bukowski is able to be alone, to be with people, to be a poet, a lover, and a friend-though often at great cost. As Bukowski writes in a poem simply titled \"Drinking,\": \"for me\/it was or\/is\/a manner of\/dying\/with boots on\/and gun\/smoking and a\/symphony music background.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Drinking \u003c\/em\u003eis a powerful testament to the pleasures and miseries of a life in drink, and a window into the soul of one of our most beloved and enduring writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bukowski, Charles","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48725775974739,"sku":"9780062857941","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/bukowski-charles-charles-bukowski-on-drinking-2019-paperback-9780062857941-56268572328275.jpg?v=1727607901","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/charles-bukowski-on-drinking-2019-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}