A review by grcyng
Love Is a Dog from Hell by Charles Bukowski

4.0

I think he says it best himself:

if you see me grinning from
my blue Volks
running a yellow light
driving straight into the sun
I will be locked in the
arms of a
crazy life
thinking of trapeze artists
of midgets with big cigars
of a Russian winter in the early 40's
of Chopin with his bag of Polish soil
of an old waitress bringing me an extra
cup of coffee and laughing
as she does so.

He has moments of shocking brilliance and clarity that make wading through all the rest of the sexual innuendos (or sometimes straight up sex) and less conventionally romantic interpretations of love worth it.

Half the time, it felt like I was looking up at the sky through a kaleidoscope trying to count the birds with the sun in my eyes. Burning, Gratifying, Piercing, and a lot of What the fucks, why am I even doing this.

You can say a lot of things about this guy but you can't say he's not honest. And definitely locked in the arms of a crazy life.