Charles Bukowski

Hunter S. Thompson certainly dropped a dose or four on top of a dozen whip-its and an 8-ball in the furthest stall from the men's room door at ole King Eddy's. Of that we can be fairly confident.

As for the bar thing, I agree - we have many stories of bar days, and most of them seem to be in Philly, NO, on the work trains and buses, etc. LA was his home turf, and there were apartments and shack-jobs to drink with. The bars in LA seem like a minor event given all that's been written. I would like to know what bar Buk is leaving on the cover of Life & Death in the Charity Ward, however.

Great story, told with tact and no small dose of humor considering the subject matter. The book is a UK release for those who don't know, but the stories are all in EEEAGTOOM and/or the reissues from City Lights.