Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness – Charles Bukowski 1979

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Author: Charles Bukowski
Publisher: City Lights Books, 1979
Binding: Soctcover
Condition: Very Good
Size: 8vo
Attributes:

First edition, sixth printing. Binding tight, corners rubbed, rear cover foxed w/ minor stains, minor edges wear, foxing. Internally clean and bright, unmarked. In Very Good condition.

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Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness (1972) is a raw, unfiltered collection of short stories by Charles Bukowski, the laureate of Los Angeles lowlife. Originally published as two separate volumes (Ejaculations and Exhibitions), this compilation dives deep into Bukowski’s signature world of drunken brawls, dead-end jobs, and desperate sexual encounters—all narrated with his trademark brutal honesty and dark humor.

Bukowski’s alter ego, Henry Chinaski, staggers through these tales, embodying the grotesque and the sublime of human existence. From seedy barrooms to flophouse bedrooms, the stories expose the absurdity, loneliness, and fleeting beauty of life on society’s fringes. Bukowski’s prose is stripped bare—vulgar, poetic, and relentlessly authentic—capturing the madness of “ordinary” people clinging to survival in a world that’s indifferent at best, cruel at worst.

Notable stories include:

“The Fiend”: A child molester’s twisted psyche laid bare.
“All the Assholes in the World and Mine”: A drunken rant that turns into a manifesto for outsiderhood.
“Life and Death in the Charity Ward”: A grim hospital vignette where dignity goes to die.

This is Bukowski at his most unapologetic—a cocktail of depravity and brilliance that shocks, entertains, and occasionally moves you. Not for the squeamish, but essential for fans of transgressive literature.