- Fiction, Beat generation, Occupations, Alcoholics
One of Charles Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. Deferred from military service, Chinaski travels from city to city, moving listlessly from one odd job to another, always needing money but never badly enough to keep a job.
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Contemplative, bleak, earnest and character-led.
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Charles Bukowski
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 205
- Publisher
- Virgin Books, Black Sparrow Press, ALLISON & BUSBY
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780876852637
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Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles, and is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. A prolific author, Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and six novels, eventually having over 60 books in print. In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife."
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