![]() ![]() He is one of America's most distinctive writers and a voice for both the outsider and low life Americana. ![]() About the Author: During his lifetime Bukowski published more than forty-five books of poetry and prose including the novels Post Office (1971) and Factotum (1975). 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. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. Neeli Cherkovski was a close friend of Bukowski and is the author of Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski (Random House, 1991). Charles Bukowskis posthumous legend continues to grow. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. He died in 1994 and is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinctive writers of the last fifty years. Bukowski's Beat Generation writing reflects his slum upbringing, his succession of menial jobs and his experience of low life urban America. ![]() Uncompromising, gritty, hilarious and confessional in turn, his downward spiral is peppered with black humour.įactotum follows Charles Bukowski's bestselling Post Office, his highly autobiographical first novel. Factotum by Charles Bukowski 66,467 ratings, 3.93 average rating, 2,393 reviews Open Preview Factotum Quotes Showing 1-30 of 102 If youre going to try, go all the way. ![]() Henry Chinaski, an outcast, a loner and a hopeless drunk, drifts around America from one dead-end job to another, from one woman to another and from one bottle to the next. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |