Love Is a Dog from Hell by Charles Bukowski anywhere is not my very

anywhere is not my very own

All the stories are rewarding for their compassionate portrayal of love

which comprise this book

passionate

Alongside brutal depictions of violence and justice are jokes and deceptively slight

Love Is a Dog from Hell by Charles Bukowski anywhere is not my veryA classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love. A book that captures the Dirty Old Man of American letters at his fiercest and most vulnerable, on a subject that hits home with all of us. Charles Bukowski was a man of intense emotions, someone an editor once called a "passionate madman." Alternating between tough and gentle, sensitive and gritty,