A .45 to Pay the Rent

By: Charles Bukowski

Narrated by: Will Patton

A Short Story from Tales of Ordinary Madness

"Aren't there any happy people?"
"There are many people who pretend that they are happy."
"Why?"
"Because they are ashamed and frightened and don't have the guts to admit it."

Bukowski's vignette, based on conversations between a drug dealer and his young daughter, follows unquestionable childhood logic about family, love, and making ends meet on the other side of the law.

OBIE winner Will Patton (Remember the Titans, The Good Wife, Armageddon) recreates Bukowski in his visceral prime, along with every eye-popping character in his life, each adversary, lover, and stranger in a lost city.

©1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1983 Charles Bukowski (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Will Patton takes Bukowski to tbe next level.

This material is often deadly serious and just as often hilarious. This is not for your friggin' 14-year-old daughter to listen in on. Okay?

Underwhelming

The story isn't worth the three bucks it sells for though the performance is one of the finest.