我的生活只有酗酒、賭馬與妓女。
我總是一手拿著酒瓶，一面注視著人生的曲折、打擊與黑暗……對我而言，生存，就是一無所求地活著。
這是美國當代最偉大的寫實作家布考斯基的生存方式，而這樣的價值觀也毫無保留地呈現在他的作品中。
他的文字散發著酒氣、性愛、放縱、憤怒、諷刺……但是如果你以為這是色情文學，想從其中得到快感或慾望的滿足，你恐怕會大失所望。反倒像是嚐到一口莫名其妙的怪味道，而這股味道將一直縈繞不去……
他的故事衝擊著你的所有感官，不僅冒犯了精雕細琢的文學殿堂，也冒犯了所有的異性，冒犯了權威、道德，與所有人性中的虛偽與矯飾。就像是看到了一面扭曲的鏡子，怪異恐怖又滑稽可笑，但仔細觀察，你才會發現，扭曲的其實不是鏡子，而是自己內心的反映。
嬝炙泵珒粥簳茼菄懋|最底層的故事，一不小心，你就會發現自己內心最黑暗與未知的那一面……最後，建議你剛開始最好一次不要嬝甽W過三篇，免得導致神經衰弱！

"People come to my door--too many of them really--and knock to tell me Notes of a Dirty Old Man turns them on. A bum off the road brings in a gypsy and his wife and we talk. . . drink half the night. A long distance operator from Newburgh, N.Y. sends me money. She wants me to give up drinking beer and to eat well. I hear from a madman who calls himself 'King Arthur' and lives on Vine Street in Hollywood and wants to help me write my column. A doctor comes to my door: 'I read your column and think I can help you. I used to be a psychiatrist.' I send him away. . ."

Opening with the exotic Lady Death entering the gumshoe-writer's seedy office in pursuit of a writer named Celine, this novel demonstrates Bukowski's own brand of humour and realism, opening up a landscape of seamy Los Angeles.

"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

First published in 1977, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a collection of Bukowski's poetry from the mid-seventies. A classic in the Bukowski canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love.

Poems deal with solitude, silence, artists, death, aging, friends, hard times, gambling, music, and genius.

In what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely years of his own hardscrabble youth in the raw voice of alter ego Henry Chinaski. From a harrowingly cheerless childhood in Germany through acne-riddled high school years and his adolescent discoveries of alcohol, woman, and the Los Angeles Public Library's collection of D.H. Lawrence, Ham on Rye offers a crude, brutal, and savagely funny portrait of an outcast's coming-of-age during the desperate days of the Great Depression.

Hot Water Music is a collection of short stories by Charles Bukowski, published in 1983. The collection deals largely with: drinking, women, gambling, and writing. It is an important collection that establishes Bukowski's minimalist style and his thematic oeuvre.

One of Charles Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. Deferred from military service, Chinaski travels from city to city, moving listlessly from one odd job to another, always needing money but never badly enough to keep a job. His day-to-day existence spirals into an endless litany of pathetic whores, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls, as he makes his bitter, brilliant way from one drink to the next. Charles Bukowski's posthumous legend continues to grow. Factotum is a masterfully vivid evocation of slow-paced, low-life urbanity and alcoholism, and an excellent introduction to the fictional world of Charles Bukowski.

Felines touched a vulnerable spot in the unfathomable soul of Charles Bukowski, the Dirty Old Man of American letters. On Cats brings together the acclaimed writer’s reflections on the animals he so admired. Bukowski’s cats are fierce and demanding—he captures them stalking their prey, crawling across his typewritten pages; waking him up with claws across the face. But they are also affectionate and giving, sources of inspiration and gentle, insistent care.
Poignant yet free of treacle, On Cats is an illuminating portrait of this one-of-a-kind artist and his unique view of the world, witnessed through his relationship with the animals he considered among his most profound teachers.

一個荒涼、被遺棄的世界，滿是失敗者、瘋狂的人和該死的傢伙，
有常態的瘋狂還有荒誕的真實
時代雜誌譽為美國底層人生的桂冠詩人、搖滾樂界的精神導師
——布考斯基繁體中文版詩集首次出版
骯髒寫實主義代表作・暢銷歐美長達43年・收錄160首經典詩作
查爾斯・布考斯基：「愛是來自地獄的狗，它帶著自身的苦痛來到這世上。」以及：「愛如晨霧，等到真實人生像曙光一樣乍現，馬上消失殆盡。」
▍　美國最偉大寫實作家，從流浪打零工、郵局投遞員到五十歲專職寫作
一張坑坑疤疤如飽經風霜獅子般的面貌，以輕淡的口吻描述難堪、暴力、創傷和悲慘無助，用極為口語且粗俗的語言描寫生活大半輩子的洛杉磯的毀滅性景象。自傳式寫作，沒有隱喻沒有虛假，一切真實無所遁逃，他的文學來自他的生活。
布考斯基認為工作才能體會生命，二十多歲時為逃離施暴的父親決心流浪美國，長達十年做過洗碗工、倉庫管理員、屠宰廠工人、停車場保全、船務工、卡車司機、餅乾工廠工人、加油站人員等，並在無數廉價旅館寫作。三十二歲時找到郵局投遞員的全職工作，三年後因長期酗酒胃潰瘍出血短暫離職，休養期間開始大量寫詩，不久後復職，前前後後在郵局工作了十八年。五十歲那年正式以寫作維生，陸續廣受邀各界朗讀會、演講，傳奇一生使好萊塢拍攝其傳記電影《夜夜買醉的男人》（Barfly），出版過四十多本書，在歐洲宛如巨星、作品紅遍全美至今。
葛萊美獎另類搖滾歌手湯姆・威茲（Tom Waits）曾說：「他一直在寫作，當他變得更受歡迎並且更成功時，他也寫那些生活。一路從淹水的房子到住在加州聖派卓很棒的房子裡，鄰居打打高爾夫，他有一輛好車，他會帶著你跟著他的人生旅程往前走。」像一部影集，或者漫畫，持續更新不斷。
▍　作品失竊率最高、歷久不衰的反叛精神代表人物，瑞蒙・卡佛的英雄
詩集《愛是來自地獄的狗》收錄1974-1977年的作品，分為四輯：「又有一隻動物，為愛痴狂」、「我，和那老女人：悲傷」、「史嘉莉」、「你腦海裡最後浮現的流行旋律」，總計160首詩寫於年屆五十多歲的布考斯基，寫他未曾停止的五個生命主題：女人、性、賽馬、寫作與酒精，也寫死亡與生的恐懼於心中狂噪不止。
有過三段婚姻、兩次離婚、一個女兒。從小因嚴重痤瘡問題，包含臉部、前胸後背還有手臂，導致布考斯基對外貌極不自信，二十三歲時將第一次性經驗給了「136公斤的妓女」，往後因寫作名氣愈加高漲，女性開始追隨他，他順勢探索、經歷女性的世界，最後一任妻子琳達・李（Linda Lee）稱這段歷程為「女人研究」，他自我解讀那不過是種彌補，並為此感到羞愧。而對於厭女的指控，他曾和演員老友西恩・潘（Sean Penn）聊過，他的回答僅僅是：「我對男人更壞。」
生於街頭長年身處貧窮，布考斯基為那些無法發聲的人發聲，猶如「美國窮苦白人」的代言人。五〇年代中期宣稱為戒酒始沉迷賽馬的布考斯基，一方面他希望贏得獎金好辭去工作全職寫作，另一方面他解釋：「在賽馬場裡，有數百張臉孔，每個人都有一個想贏的夢：擁有巨大財富，能看到他們想要什麼、他們沒有得到什麼，以及將會發生什麼事。」讓底層之人感同身受，讓理性之人震撼，就像當初發掘他的出版商約翰・馬丁（John Martin）所說：「無論你是什麼身分都會喜歡他的作品。」
布考斯基受歡迎的程度，可見於包括他被美國最偉大的短篇小說家瑞蒙・卡佛（Raymond Carver）視為「英雄般的存在」，在公開訪談中訴說自己年輕、剛走上創作之路時對他的無限崇拜。以及美國曾有書店列出「最常被偷的書」排行榜：布考斯基的是第一名，第二和第三名則分別是村上春樹和《在路上》作者傑克．凱魯亞克的書。
▍　文字充滿音樂性，口語語言既粗野又溫柔，成為解放傳統詩作結構的先驅
熱愛古典音樂、爵士樂，最喜歡海明威、李白，最討厭米老鼠和莎士比亞，生活邋遢、髒字不斷，狂妄中有真情，粗獷裡有溫柔，被稱作「猥瑣老傢伙」的無賴，布考斯基的詩雖不作押韻，卻有獨特節奏，搭配直白的口語語言，啟發無數音樂人，無論是殿堂級搖滾樂手U2主唱波諾（Bono），或者樂團嗆辣紅椒（Red Hot Chili Peppers）、謙遜耗子（Modest Mouse）、火山合唱團（Volcano Choir）、英國搖滾樂團北極潑猴（Arctic Monkeys）都為之瘋狂，堪稱搖滾樂界的精神導師。
知名文學評論家約翰・威廉・科林頓（John William Corrington），以及德文翻譯家卡爾・魏斯納（Carl Weissner）認為布考斯基就像法國詩人韓波、英國詩人華茲華斯，是文學史上將詩歌從學術性的陳腔濫調中解放的重要一員。呼應布考斯基最有名的一首詩〈藝術〉（Art）：「當靈魂消失時／形式就出現了」（As the spirit wanes／the form appears）。
剛釣到的女人
今晚
妳跟我
坐在沙發上。
妳看過那些
吃動物的
紀錄片嗎？
死亡不就那麼一回事。
而現在讓我感到好奇的
是我們這兩隻動物
誰會
先吃誰
先吞噬身體
最後
連精神也吞掉？
我們吃動物
然後不是我吃妳
就是妳吃我，
親愛的。
話說回來
我倒是寧願妳
先用我的身體飽餐一頓
因為我這個人
可說是前科累累
一定會先
吞噬妳的
精神。
——〈我見過許多流浪漢在大橋下坐著猛灌廉價葡萄酒，眼神茫然〉
本書特色
◎　最髒的譯本，原汁原味傳達布考精神：簡潔陽剛，既粗鄙又不失幽默、細緻與深情。
◎　繁體中文版詩集首次問世，睽違十五年重新認識影響各大藝文巨頭的美國最偉大寫實作家。
◎　裱布精裝，經典收藏：震撼靈魂、打開生命視野的贈禮。
好評推薦
「美國底層人生的桂冠詩人。」——《時代雜誌》
「我最喜歡他的地方在於，他為街頭的普通人寫作，觀察沒有人想看的黑暗角落，他本身屬於弱勢群體，並為那些無法發聲的人發聲。」——搖滾歌手、演員／湯姆・威茲（Tom Waits）
「他的故事大多是自傳式的，多關於在一個混亂的世界中犯錯。」——演員／西恩・潘（Sean Penn）
「布考斯基早期的作品如《愛是來自地獄的狗》、《進去，出來，結束》讓我認識到新的寫作風格，詩的節奏與語言合而為一，使其更為豐富和精準，因為這傢伙的作品就是很直白，不用隱喻、廢話連連，句句砍向你刀刀見骨。」——搖滾樂團U2主唱／波諾（Bono）
「欣賞布考斯基的詩，最好的方式不是將其作為個人的口頭文物，而是作為他持續進行中的真實冒險故事，像漫畫或者系列電影，具有強烈的敘事性，畫面來自源源不絕的奇聞軼事，裡頭通常包含一間酒吧，一棟廉價旅館，一場賽馬，一個女朋友，或者任何這些元素的排列組合。布考斯基的自由詩是一系列將陳述句拆解成窄短句子的長篇，帶來快速和簡練的印象，即使語言中甚至充滿了多愁善感或是陳腔濫調。」——美國詩人、文學評論家／亞當・柯什（Adam Kirsch）
「專業的和平破壞者，也是洛杉磯底層社會的桂冠詩人，有著瘋狂地浪漫，堅持輸家比贏家更不虛假，並且對於迷失的一群具有怒火般的悲憫。」——《新聞週刊》，影評人／傑克・克羅爾（Jack Kroll）
「華茲華斯、惠特曼、威廉・卡洛斯・威廉斯和垮掉的一代，在他們各自的世代裡將詩歌推向更自然的語言。而布考斯基又再更推進了一些。」——《洛杉磯時報書評》
「生活裡寧靜的絕望在顯而易見的偶然事件和動機不明的怪誕暴力中一一爆炸開來。」——《洛杉磯時報書評》，麥可・F・哈珀（Michael F. Harper）
「沒有試圖讓自己看起來不錯，更不用說英勇，布考斯基的寫作具有無所畏懼的真實性，這使得他與絕大多數『自傳體』小說家和詩人有所不同。他牢牢扎根於美國標新立異的傳統，身處鬆散紛亂的社會邊緣，布考斯基寫得當之無愧。」——《舊金山書評》，作家、翻譯家／史蒂芬・凱斯勒（Stephen Kessler）
「布考斯基就是個奇蹟。他以始終如一、引人注目的風格確立自己的作家地位，人如其作品，這是努力的結果，更是因為那瘋狂、起起落落的生活。」——《村聲》，詩人／麥可・拉里（Michael Lally）
「一個清晰、強硬的聲音；一對傑出的耳朵和眼睛為了測出詩句的長度；一種對隱喻的逃避讓所有活生生的奇聞軼事一再演繹出充滿戲劇性的作品。」——《村聲》，藝文評論家／肯・塔克（Ken Tucker）
「布考斯基世界裡的傷痕與溝壑，是文明工業社會裡無生命的器械所刻，是二十世紀的知識和經驗所鑿，在這世界裡基本上冥思和分析仍只佔有很小一部分。」——《西北評論》，劇作家／約翰・威廉・科林頓（John William Corrington）
「一個荒涼的、被遺棄的世界。」——《局外人》，詩人／R.R.庫斯卡登（R. R. Cuscaden）
「誠實的自畫像勝過對於自我毀滅的頌揚，它們揭露了他處在自身所有的醜惡中，一個局外人的邊緣地位。這是一個鈍器的集合，單刀直入的狂暴像你永遠希望得到的那樣毫不妥協。」——《圖書榜單》，班傑明・賽格丁（Benjamin Segedin）
「毫不費力、美妙易讀，特別是如果你很容易被量販般的存在主義的魅力所打動。」——《圖書榜單》，雷・奧爾森（Ray Olson）

A collection of short poems ruminates upon advancing age, dissipation, loneliness, and death.

"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers.
This classic 1971 novel--the one that catapulted its author to national fame--is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

Collection of poems rising from and returning to Bukowski's personal experiences reflect people, objects, places, and events of the external world, and reflects on them, on their way out and back.

To his legions of fans, Charles Bukowski was—and remains—the quintessential counterculture icon. A hard-drinking wild man of literature and a stubborn outsider to the poetry world, he wrote unflinchingly about booze, work, and women, in raw, street-tough poems whose truth has struck a chord with generations of readers. Edited by John Martin, the legendary publisher of Black Sparrow Press and a close friend of Bukowski's, The Pleasures of the Damned is a selection of the best works from Bukowski's long poetic career, including the last of his never-before-collected poems. Celebrating the full range of the poet's extra-ordinary and surprising sensibility, and his uncompromising linguistic brilliance, these poems cover a rich lifetime of experiences and speak to Bukowski's "immense intelligence, the caring heart that saw through the sham of our pretenses and had pity on our human condition" ( The New York Quarterly ). The Pleasures of the Damned is an astonishing poetic treasure trove, essential reading for both longtime fans and those just discovering this unique and legendary American voice.

One of Charles Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. Deferred from military service, Chinaski travels from city to city, moving listlessly from one odd job to another, always needing money but never badly enough to keep a job. His day-to-day existence spirals into an endless litany of pathetic whores, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls, as he makes his bitter, brilliant way from one drink to the next. Charles Bukowski's posthumous legend continues to grow. "Factotum" is a masterfully vivid evocation of slow-paced, low-life urbanity and alcoholism, and an excellent introduction to the fictional world of Charles Bukowski.

Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last. Now, at fifty, he is reveling in his sudden rock-star life, running three hundred hangovers a year, and maintaining a sex life that would cripple Casanova. With all of Bukowski's trademark humor and gritty, dark honesty, this 1978 follow-up to "Post Office" and "Factotum" is an uncompromising account of life on the edge.

Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last. Now, at fifty, he is reveling in his sudden rock-star life, running three hundred hangovers a year, and maintaining a sex life that would cripple Casanova.
With all of Bukowski's trademark humor and gritty, dark honesty, this 1978 follow-up to Post Office and Factotum is an uncompromising account of life on the edge.