num_pages: 318
description: With his fourth novel, legendary barfly Charles Bukowski follows the path of his alter ego Henry Chinaski through the high school years of acne and rejection, drinking his way through the Depression, and ends at the start of World War 2.
language: English
title: Ham on Rye
titlecomplete: Ham on Rye
characters: Katherine Chinaski, Henry Chinaski, Henry Chinaski, Sr
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, Contemporary, Coming Of Age, The United States Of America, American, Literature, Poetry, Novels
ratings_count: 102517
places: Los Angeles, California, The United States of America
publisher: Canongate Books