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The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poems

by Charles Bukowski · 2003 · 320 pages

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The second of five new books of unpublished poems from the late, great Charles Bukowski, America's most imitated and influential poet — 143 never-before-seen works of gritty, amusing, and inspiring verse.

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Themes
writers
Setting
2000s
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages
Form
poetry

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