The Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993To his legions of fans, Charles Bukowski was and remains the quintessential counterculture icon. A hard drinking wild man of literature and a stubborn outsider to the poetry world, he wrote unflinchingly about booze, work, and women, in raw, street tough poems whose truth has struck a chord with generations of readers. Edited by John Martin, the legendary publisher of Black Sparrow Press and a close friend of Bukowski's, The Pleasures of the Damned is