Post Office: A Novel

by Charles Bukowski

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"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. 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. 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.

  • ISBN10 0876850867
  • ISBN13 9780876850862
  • Publish Date 1 August 1975 (first published 25 March 1974)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher David R. Godine Publisher Inc
  • Imprint Black Sparrow Press,U.S.
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 196
  • Language English