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February 13, 2026
How Charles Bukowski Answered Prele's Call from Belgrade at Five in the Morning
Dušan Prelević Prele was a Belgrade legend, and Charles Bukowski a world literature legend. The two had the opportunity to talk on the phone. How that looked, Prele once described during a conversation with the RTS team.
TL;DR
- Dušan Prelević Prele, a Belgrade legend, spoke on the phone with world literature legend Charles Bukowski.
- Prele often called Bukowski around 5 AM Belgrade time, which was afternoon in San Pedro.
- Bukowski's wife would answer, recognizing the calls from Belgrade.
- Bukowski would ask Prele if he was drunk, advise him to sleep to drink again, and then ask for horse racing numbers.
- On one occasion, Prele gave numbers 2, 5, 8, 9, and 44, to which Bukowski pointed out there weren't 44 horses running.
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