Love is A Dog From Hell KNOPF A Penguin Classic

A Penguin Classic

Drawing on a wealth of sources ranging from novels and restaurant menus to the latest scientific findings about choice in psychology and economics

creative wordplay forms a graceful pas de deux with the stylish

The Darkling rules from his shadow throne while a weakened Alina Starkov recovers from their battle under the dubious protection of the zealots who worship her as a Saint

as well as practical considerations such as pets and children sharing a garden with wildlife

Love is A Dog From Hell KNOPF A Penguin ClassicA classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love. A book that captures the Dirty Old Man of American letters at his fiercest and most vulnerable, on a subject that hits home with all of us. Charles Bukowski was a man of intense emotions, someone an editor once called a passionate madman. Alternating between tough and gentle, sensitive and gritty, Bukowski