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Although I read it to the end - it wasn't very long - I did not like the book at all and I didn't like Bukowski. Someone on the now defunct Book Group Online suggested that because I'm not American Bukowski would come across as offensive, and he did.

I don't think Bukowski is offensive (and you can certainly read his books without being American yourself!)

 

I can see why some might not get one with it, but he wrote about life as he lived it, just under the guise of it being fiction.

 

One of my favourite authors.

 

It was the first Bukowski I read. Loved it for the most part.

10 hours ago, Raven said:

I don't think Bukowski is offensive (and you can certainly read his books without being American yourself!)

 

I can see why some might not get one with it, but he wrote about life as he lived it, just under the guise of it being fiction.

 

One of my favourite authors.

 

I found it offensive but that is just my opinion and the comment (from BGO) was : as a result of not being American I missed most of the cultural/traditional/societal references that Bukowski naturally writes about. I have and do read American authors all the time without a problem (except the odd struggle, which I enjoy, with my  favourite author William Faulkner). 

Edited August 14, 2022 by lunababymoonchild