Tales of Ordinary Madness
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Narrated by:
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Will Patton
About this listen
"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
Inspired by D.H. Lawrence, Chekhov, and Hemingway, Bukowski's writing is passionate and extreme - his life was as weird and wild as the tales he wrote. His first work came from the 1960s Los Angeles underground press, and yet he became regarded as one of one of America's greatest poets and realist novelists.
This collection of Buk's grimmest diaries gives an insight into the noir and brutal Los Angeles that Bukowski observed and lived so well. He was a legend in his time: a madman, a recluse, a lover...tender, vicious...never the same. These are exceptional stories that came pounding out of his violent and depraved life - horrible and holy. You cannot listen to them and come away the same again.
Tales of Ordinary Madness includes iconic stories "A .45 to Pay the Rent" about drug dealing, fatherhood and love on the other side of the law, and "The Great Zen Wedding" in which Bukowski goes off the rails as best man at a wealthy Hollywood affair.
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.
©1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1983 Charles Bukowski
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.
©1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1983 Charles Bukowski (P)2017 Audible, Inc.Critic Reviews
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- Daniel
- 11-11-2022
Enjoyable, Amusing, Odd short stories.
A good listen though Actor Will Patton's delivery while great is rather monotone and downbeat.
A good starting place for Bukowski's work.
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- Michelle
- 17-11-2024
Fantastic performance by Paton
Raw stories read by a great actor. Perfect voice for these stories. Can’t imagine anyone else reading them as well.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-11-2021
dopeness unchallenged. an unreal surveillance
dopeness unchallenged. an unreal surveillance life not many experience. completely enjoyable and a laugh
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- Anonymous User
- 02-10-2020
it's buk, it's read well, it's ear gold.
if you like bukowski, you probably ain't reading reviews before making decisions. if you don't like bukowski, you probably have a turnip, or perhaps a parsnip, up your ass.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-06-2024
Bukowski 🍸🪄♠️
This is beautifully read by a beautiful writer.
I cannot recommend highly enough.
Audible I want more Bukowski!!!!!
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- Anonymous User
- 27-08-2022
Astonishing. Profound
And I thought I was nuts!!
Meandering brilliance
I’m exhausted but I want more
Cunt!!
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- sam
- 27-11-2020
audible butchered pieces of his books into one
bits and pieces, and chapters not related
wish i known before I started. was a different experience, difficult to recommend but definitely artistic in it's own way
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