`The best poet in America Jean Genet n n n `He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels Leonard Cohen n n n The definitive collection from a writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, acutely observant writing has left an enduring mark n n n Here is Bukowski eating walnuts and scratching his back, rolling a cigarette while listening to Brahms, showering with Linda in the mid-afternoon. n n n Here is Bukowski knowing that the secret is beyond him, that people who never go crazy live truly horrible lives, that theres a bluebird in his heart that wants to get out. n n n Here is Bukowski at his most hilarious and heart-breaking, his most raw and profound; here is Bukowski at his best. n