A Mixed Drink

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Expensive, flashy jewelry or other items.

I just finished the Bukowski novel and, honestly, I doubt I'll pick him up again. Not that I was particularly disgusted or offended, as would probably mark most Never Agains in the Bukowski readership. Personally, I simply didn't find the book as a measure of much more than a succession of sexual exploits and belligerence. Although remarkable for their longevity and humor, all the stories of drinks and girls and erections and vomit never resulted in any interesting kind of enlightenment. Then again, maybe that's exactly what Bukowski intended. Pornography for the casual poet.