The Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993

< P> To his legions of fans, Charles Bukowski was& ndash; & ndash; and remains& ndash; & ndash; a counterculture icon. A hard& ndash; drinking wild man of literature, a stubborn outsider to the poetry world, he struck a chord with generations of readers, writing raw, tough poetry about booze, work, and women, that spoke to his fans as "real" and, like the work of the Beats, even dangerous. < /P>< P> THE PLEASURES OF THE DAMNED is a selection of the best works of Bukowski's later years, edited by John Martin of Black Sparrow Press, including the last of his new, never& ndash; before& ndash; published poems.< /P>