Post Office

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Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski’s classic roman à clef, Post Office, captures the despair, drudgery, and happy dissolution of his alter ego, Henry Chinaski, as he enters middle age.Post Office is an account of Bukowski alter-ego Henry Chinaski. It covers the period of Chinaski’s life from the mid-1950s to his resignation from the United States Postal Service in 1969, interrupted only by a brief hiatus during which he supported himself by gambling at horse races.“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter

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Author

Charles Bukowski

Pages

208

Publisher

Harper Collins

Published Date

2009-10-13

ISBN

0061844047 9780061844041

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"It’s a good read but it’s not in my favorites though I know some people love this book."

Nicholas Bowlin

"I don’t “get” bukowski. It’s just drunken lechery & self loathing for 300 pages every single time. Am I wrong or are all his books exactly the same? "

Emily Listermann

"Very crude but theres genius here"

Sean Mombourquette

"It’s disturbingly entertaining "

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Noah D

"A funny irrelevant book. There's really no plot, no climax, and certainly no character development. But its a good read and there's some funny ass lines in it!"

Big ERN

"By Bukowski, not really. There are so many great ones. However, if I had to lean I would say that Ham on Rye stands out with Post office. How about you?"

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Jeffery Gray

"Favorite book ending of all time (this far) "