South of No North
Author: Charles Bukowski
South of No North contains some of Bukowski’s best work. Among the short stories collected in the book are Love for $17.50, about a man named Robert whose infatuation with a mannequin in a junk shop leads him first to buy it, then make love to it, and then eventually fall in love with “her,” much to the consternation of his real-life girlfriend; Maja Thurup, about a South….Read More
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