The Remarkable Story of Charles Bukowski

Justin Taylor
5 min readFeb 16, 2022

Charles Bukowski, the infamous poet and novelist, died with a net worth of $4 million.

Surprising, considering that the deadbeat poet spent nearly every dollar he had on cigarettes, alcohol, and hookers.

But the story of Charles Bukowski doesn’t start there. Rather, it starts with a man by the name of John Martin.

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Justin Taylor

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