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Factotum: A Novel
  
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Factotum: A Novel (Paperback)

by Charles Bukowski (Author)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Pick Up A Copy!, Jul 4 2004
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This review is from: Factotum (Paperback)
Just picked up Factotum by Bukowski, after reading The Losers Club by Richard Perez. Strange 'cause both books are somehow related. The connection? The drudgery of menial work! The dehumanizing affects of a life-wasting occupation is an underlying theme, mixed with accounts of failed relationships and an overall freefloating narrative structure. In Factotum, Buk recounts his mostly autobiographical adventures as a floating unemployed (and often unemployable) menial worker. He travels from state to state, writing and collecting rejection letters from magazines, and tries to deal with the unending humiliation of low-paying jobs and rat-trap apartments and fragile relationships. Often, he ends up hitting the bottle and, in bars, ends up meeting up with fellow drunks and losers and desperate ladies struggling to scrape by. There's humor here but also a lot of truth, some it stark and grim. One line that blew me away, gave me chills was: "Ain't no women on skid row." This was over Chinaski's anxiety regarding a female drinking companion. The style of the book is simple and easy and direct, and I found myself sucked into it right away. A child could read this book. I also read the whole book in one day, which for me is a first. Definitely pick up a copy of this novel. It's not as famous as his other novels, but as a memorable account/study of a "working stiff," worth owning, especially if you like Buk and his "down and out" view of life and appreciate his humor.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, Nov 21 2008
By Benjamin Anderson (Fredericton, NB CAN) - See all my reviews
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars His best, Sep 14 2006
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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5.0 out of 5 stars One of Bukowski's Best.
If you've never read Bukowski -- or even if you have -- don't miss this underrated little volume which contains some of Bukowski's best writing. Read more
Published on Mar 18 2004

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed...
I guess the moral vacuum is par for the course, but it was hard to enjoy for me...
Published on Jan 30 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Bukowski is Bukowski is Bukowski
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... Read more
Published on Jan 18 2004 by Christopher A. Farley

5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Reader-Friendly Bukowski book!
I really enjoyed this novel, which is very smoothly written, contains very short chapters and examines the life of a drifter. Read more
Published on Jan 4 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars welcome to the working week
Another Classic. A series of jobs and weird situations during the 4o's in America. He dispatches the end of WWII with a sentence or two! The Best. now go away
Published on Dec 1 2003 by Raegan Butcher

4.0 out of 5 stars Too Good Too Good
This is the one, folks. Read this book before you shave your privates with a box cutter. The rundown: Go out, get a job, get fired, get drunk, get with the town tramp, play the... Read more
Published on Oct 2 2003 by GyroPyro

5.0 out of 5 stars Pick it up now!
Next, to The Losers' Club by Richard Perez, Factotum by Charles Bukowski is one of the best purchases I ever made over Amazon.com. Read more
Published on Aug 14 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're starting on Bukowski- Start here.
I'm going to keep this review short and simple for you. This is the second book Bukowski wrote, and its a really good place to start if you are looking to get into Bukowski. Read more
Published on Oct 7 2002 by p-dahl@northwestern.edu

1.0 out of 5 stars Enough already...
Chosen by my book group, so I stuck with it, and honestly hoped it would get better, only to be disappointed. Read more
Published on Sep 19 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great read
'We chatted and after a few minutes a girl came in and handed John the check. He reached across the desk and handed it to me. A decent guy. Read more
Published on Jun 13 2002 by david debrix

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