'A cat is only ITSELF, representative of the strong forces of life that won't let go'

For Charles Bukowski there was something majestic and elemental about cats. He considered them to be sentient beings, whose searing gaze could penetrate deep into our being. Cats see into us; they are on to something.

An illuminating portrait of one very special writer and a lifelong relationship with the animals he considered his most profound teachers, On Cats brings together Bukowski's reflections on the ruthless, resilient, indigent and endearing creatures he so admired.

"The best poet in America" - * Jean Genet *

"A laureate of American low life" - * Time *

"He shocks you on one page and moves you on the next" - * Washington Post *

"His was the hard-found music of the streets" - * New York Times *