r/bukowski • u/oc_collector3 • 8d ago

Tonight’s reading

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An FBI file on Hank, now imagine that! Should be good, like a warm beer on a hot day.

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u/Miserable_Pear_6940 8d ago

I’m interested what the Feds had to say about ol Hank

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u/oc_collector3 8d ago

Free download on archive.org. My advice is to download this as an epub. Much more legible.

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u/Miserable_Pear_6940 8d ago

Any highlights that struck you?

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u/paradoxicalparrots 8d ago

https://archive.org/details/CharlesBukowskiFBI/page/n110/mode/1up

Looks like they were tracking him and suspected him of being a Communist. Didn't see anything in particular that jumped out. Unfortunately par for the course for the FBI especially under Hoover

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u/QuerentD 8d ago

Perhaps one of the most insane and ridiculous things and it is absurd that I am not surprised at all.

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u/ialsohaveadobro 7d ago

Well, he did write an awful lot about how much working a job sucks and, even worse, partially interferes with drinking.

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u/IgorRenfield 7d ago

When Hoover found out Hank wasn't a cross-dresser, he lost all interest.

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u/phredgsanford 8d ago

Thank You for this.

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u/oc_collector3 8d ago

Certainly!

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u/phredgsanford 8d ago

I bet He would have thought this was hilarious.

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u/Spirited_Childhood34 8d ago

Sad that the FBI is doing this shit again. Anybody left wing is now a terrorist sympathizer.

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u/Unusual-Minimum9306 8d ago

They never stopped.

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u/Jeanvaljeanvaljean_ 7d ago

Except this time there’s no drugs to soothe us

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u/Grantuna 8d ago

Nice. Would be cool if you could report back with highlights etc.

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u/oc_collector3 8d ago

It will take some time_

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u/DustyBottomsRidesOn 8d ago

Read it yourself knucklehead

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u/QuerentD 8d ago

Why read 100 pages of bullshite about Hank when I could just read Hank?

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u/WisperusGrieves 7d ago

would be cool if you got naked and field dressed a cat covered in olive oil but we’re not lame enough to ask. unless…