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Originally Posted by Norma J
I don't think Bukowski was that terrible of a guy. He had his problems, was very honest, and liked his booze and women, but he realised all this, so doesn't that counteract all of that? He just wasn't as bad as most people make out. I found great pleasure in his Selected Letters* books, and I'm not a saddist. He was quite the gentle creature at times, too.
*As I do his poetry and his novels. But the Letters are very raw and stripped back to the bone.
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Didn't say he was a bad guy, just not very pleasant, that's all 
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