It covers the period of Bukowski's life from about 1952 to his resignation from the United States Postal Service three years later, to his return in 1958 and then to his final resignation in 1969. Post Office introduces Bukowski's autobiographical anti-hero, Henry Chinaski. Writing and publication Īn autobiographical account of Bukowski's years working as a carrier and sorter for the United States Postal Service, the novel is "dedicated to nobody". Chinaski drifts from place to place, surviving through booze and women, with his biting sense of humor and a cynical view of the world.
In Los Angeles, California, down-and-out barfly Henry Chinaski becomes a substitute mail carrier he quits for a while and lives on his winnings at the race track, then becomes a mail clerk. The film rights to the novel were sold in the early 1970s, but a film has not been made thus far.
The book is an autobiographical memoir of Bukowski's years working at the United States Postal Service. This classic 1971 novel-the one that catapulted its author to national fame-is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.Post Office is the first novel written by the German-American author Charles Bukowski, published in 1971. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. One of Charles Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S.
Like a majority of Bukowski's works, this book was published simultaneously in both Hardcover and Softcover first editions by Black Sparrow Press.īook is in excellent condition Like new and visibly unread.
Post Office by Charles Bukowski FIRST EDITION / NINTH PRINTING BLACK SPARROW PRESS
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