num_pages: 162
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
publisher: Ecco