Hot water music

Hot Water Music is a collection of short stories by Charles Bukowski, published in 1983 by Black Sparrow Press. The collection deals largely with: drinking, women, gambling, and writing. It is an important collection that establishes Bukowski´s minimalist style and his thematic oeuvre. Contents: Less Delicate than the Locust Scream When You Burn A Couple of Gigolos The Great Poet You Kissed Lily Hot Lady It´s a Dirty World 900 Pounds Decline and Fall Have You Read Pirandello? Strokes to Nowhere Some Mother Scum Grief Not Quite Bernadette Some Hangover A Working Day The Man Who Loved Elevators Head Job Turkeyneck Morning In and Out and Over I love you Albert White Dog Hunch Long Distance Drunk How To Get Published Spider The Death of the Father I The Death of the Father II Harry Ann Landers Beer at the Corner Bar The Upward Bird Cold Night A Favor for Don Praying Mantis Broken Merchandise Home Run Fooling Marie