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Title: Real literature for real people
Review: Someday, when the current crop of snobs and fuddy-duddies who run the English departments in American universities begin to die off or retire, Bukowski will be required reading for anyone who wishes to be considered an educated human being. When this happens, Ham on Rye will be justly hailed as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. Until that happens, those of us in the know will just have to keep the faith, keep telling people of Buk's genius, keep praying for those poor, misguided Ph.Ds with their dry-as-death, dead-weight tomes and their sorry, miserable theories of literature.Bukowski is so real that he scares the phonies shitless.The king is dead! Long live the king!
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