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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. His day-to-day existence spirals into an endless litany of pathetic whores, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls, as he makes his bitter, brilliant way from one drink to the next.
Charles Bukowski's posthumous legend continues to grow. Factotum is a masterfully vivid evocation of slow-paced, low-life urbanity and alcoholism, and an excellent introduction to the fictional world of Charles Bukowski.
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Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
His best,
By Jake S. (Manitoba) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Factotum (Paperback)
I'd read a lot of Bukowski, such as his "Women," and his "Post Office," which up until now, I thought was his best work. But when I heard a movie was being made of "Factotum," I had to go out and get a copy. Turns out, it's even better than his other works. I'm a little embarassed that I waited so long to read this.Also recommended "Katzenjammer" by McCrae and Bukowski's "Post Office."
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Great Book,
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This review is from: Factotum (Paperback)
Factotum, though not as good as Ham on Rye or Post Office, is still a brilliantly dry, witty, and crude book. Sparsely written in a style akin to Post Office (minimalist in nature), Factotum tells of a young Chinaski jumping from useless job to useless job.Hilarious, and maybe his most well-written novel, Foctotum is worth your time (though seemingly lacking the substance of Women and Ham on Rye).
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Bukowski is Bukowski is Bukowski,
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This review is from: Factotum (Paperback)
Factotum is a good Bukowski novel. I think Ham on Rye, Post Office, and Women are his better novels, but Factotum has its own somber character, and it fills in an autobiographical gap between his school days and his time at the post office. It carries over a lot of the themes and the lifestyle pictured in Down and Out in Paris and London by Orwell.
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