Charles Bukowski - A Sul de Nenhum Norte

A man buys a female mannequin and falls hopelessly in love with it. An alcoholic writer finally achieves success but remains trapped by his addiction. Two drifters set out on a nighttime robbery and end up as murderers. Henry Chinaski, Bukowski’s unforgettable alter ego, pretends to be a Nazi at school during World War II—simply because he can’t bear to hear another patriotic speech.

Drunks, failed writers, prostitutes, thieves, boxers, crooks — the characters that inhabit these stories are familiar figures from Bukowski’s narrative world. It is to these silent masses — so easily labeled and cast aside — that Bukowski lends his voice in these pages, with caustic humor, uncomfortable clarity, and deep compassion. This is the America of the streets: the America of brothels, gambling halls, seedy bars, and forever-delayed chances; the America that never tasted the Great Dream — and of which Bukowski was perhaps its most authentic messenger.