Play the Piano introduces Charles Bukowski's poetry from the 1970s. He leads a life full of gambling and booze but also finds love. These poems are full of lechery and romance as he struggles to mature.

Subtitled as an instruction to play the piano "drunk like a percussion instrument until the fingers begin to bleed a bit," this late-career poetry collection is filled with reflections on aging, physical decline, and the survival of the creative impulse. Bukowski writes with a confident, stripped-down clarity, reviewing his chaotic past from a position of quiet, stubborn endurance.

DETAILS • Author: Bukowski, Charles • Publisher: Ecco Press • Format: Paperback