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2 page Typed Letter, signed, with holograph corrections. 11x8½". With original envelope. Signed at close 'Hank', with sketch of little man and bottle and a dog, small sketch of a bird and sun at head of first page. Five little man sketches on rear of envelope. Also, 5x7" black & white photograph of Linda Lee Beighle and Bukowski, credited to "Linda Lee & Buk" on rear. Includes carbon copy of Weissner's 2 page reply.

Fabulous letter to Bukowski's European agent and German translator, Carl Weissner. Bukowski offers a long description of the difficulties in his relationship with Linda Lee and of a recent break-up. "Linda and I are kaput. It's final'...One of Linda's complaints was: 'When you go upstairs to type you leave me alone, I am all alone.' ...Worse, she told me 'Writing is your crutch.' And that really hurt because it's true. If it weren't for the god damned word and the kindliness of the bottle I would have long ago been in a madhouse or suicided out....'Ah, cut the shit, ' I told her, 'I usually wake up happy until you start in on something.'" He also writes of turning down an Italian documentary, his writing of Ham on Rye, etc. The photograph is of Bukowski and Linda Lee sitting on a park bench, jointly holding a flower.