The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poems

Charles Bukowski. Ecco, $27.5 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-06-057701-8

With at least three more full manuscripts apparently still remaining in the trunk Charles Bukowski left at his death in 1994, the appearance of this second installment of posthumous work will only whet fans appetites for more. The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain collects 140 of Bukowski's oft-imitated short lyrics on love, loss and the effect of alcohol on both.

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