The Pleasures of the Damned is a selection of the best poetry from America`s most iconic and imitated poet, Charles Bukowski. Celebrating the full range of the poet`s extraordinary sensibility and his uncompromising linguistic brilliance, these poems cover a lifetime of experience, from his renegade early work to never-before-collected poems penned during the final days before his death.

Selected by John Martin, Bukowski`s long-time editor and the publisher of the legendary Black Sparrow Press, this stands as what Martin calls `the best of the best of Bukowski`.

The Pleasures of the Damned is an astonishing poetic treasure trove, essential reading for both long-time fans and those just discovering this unique and important American voice.