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Screams from the Balcony

by Charles Bukowski, Seamus Cooney · 1993

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Screams from the Balconyis a collection of letters chronicling Charles Bukowski's life as he tries to get published and work at a postal office, all while drinking and gambling.

Subject
biographymemoir
Setting
20th century
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages
Form
poetryepistolary

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