num_pages: 208
description: "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.
language: English
title: Post Office
titlecomplete: Post Office
characters: Henry Chinaski
genres: 20th Century, American, Novels, Poetry, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 122608
places: The United States of America, Los Angeles, California, California
publisher: Black Sparrow Press