6/8/2023 0 Comments Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the F... by Charles Bukowski![]() ![]() He wanted his dimwitted son to emulate these things so that he would grow up to be a Jew who could “afford any car on the lot, should he so desire.” Sadly, this did not have the intended effect, in the end, all it did was alienate father and son, and push young Charles into a bottle. ![]() ![]() The older Bukowski equated American success to being motivated, educated, and cunning a group of traits that he did not himself have. Charles's father was often out of work, but he was a stern man who would often beat Charles for not having gumption (where work ethic was concerned) or for getting bad grades in school. There, they enrolled young Charles in school and began a long series of financial ups and downs that would shape how Charles would feel about his father for the rest of his life. Upon reaching America, they languished in Baltimore until they could again raise enough cash to move to Los Angeles. He later chickened out.īorn in Germany in the 1920s, his parents soon grew tired of being poor and unwashed, so they soon scraped up enough money to take a boat to the United States. During his younger years, Bukowski claims to be a Nazi. ![]()
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