Someone described Dan Fante to me as a man more Bukowski-esque than Bukowski himself despite the illogicalness of that statement they were kind of right. Dan’s father – Jon Fante was a big influence on Bukowski, especially through the character of Arturo Bandini who appears in a quartet of stories as a struggling writer. A…
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The Walking Types Omnibus – Grant Hutchison
The Walking Types Omnibus – a short read of the strange folk you will meet on (Scottish) hills. Spend more than a decade and you will have encountered them all. Very accurate with a nice dry sense of humour. Have a feeling that he wrote for the much missed The Angry Corrie fanzine. Also available…
Richard Brautigan
I’ve been a fan of Richard Brautigan since I was passed a well worn, dog eared copy of one of the Picador versions of Sombrero Fallout in the mid 90’s. Although I was familiar with the beat authors of Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs etc; Brautigan was a new discovery. Although some lump him in with that…
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