` The best poet in America` Jean Genet ` He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels` Leonard Cohen The definitive collection from a writer whose transgressive legacy & raw, funny, acutely observant writing has left an enduring mark Here is Bukowski eating walnuts & scratching his back, rolling a cigarette while listening to Brahms, showering with Linda in the mid-afternoon. Here is Bukowski knowing that the secret is beyond him, that people who never go crazy live truly horrible lives, that there`s a bluebird in his heart that wants to get out. Here is Bukowski at his most hilarious & heart-breaking, his most raw & profound; here is Bukowski at his best.