Bukowski, A LifeThis year marks Charles Bukowski's centennial year, and this one of a kind biography is the closest readers will come to meeting the man himselfan unforgettable encounter no one should miss. Cherkovski shares intimate stories from his decades of personal experiences with Bukowski and brings the lifeand complexitiesof a great American writer into focus. As an additional feature, Cherkovski has written a new preface, This Thing Upon Me Is Not Death: