What are your thoughts on Dirty Realism?

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>>8810372
Is Bukowski's "The Fiend," with its graphic depiction of child rape, still in print? It was in the Erections and Ejaculations collection, but that's out of print.

Dirty realism is okay if the writer has something on the ball, as Bukowski does. On such terms, it offers a worthy contribution to the world of lit, although its grunge and stank might debar admission to more upscale joints like /lit/.

>>8810416
Censorship doing his thing.
I can't find The Fiend neither online or in print anywhere.

>>8810455
Amazon have it available in paperback format..

>>8810490
Are you referring to the very expensive used copies of Erections, Ejaculations? (Which, per the Amazon listing, appears to be out of print.)

Or is "The Fiend" now included in some new Bukowski compendium?

>>8810508
It's part of "The Most Beautiful Woman in Town"

When Raymond Carver does "dirty realism," it's surely a "contribution to literature," but not all his work falls into that ill-defined and perhaps ill-named category. For instance, I wouldn't characterize the mostly suburban adventures in Cathedral as "dirty realism"

>>8810522
Okay, thanks.

>>8810372
It provides a welcome counterpoint to Dashing Escapism.