Post Office
About this book
Charles Bukowski’s classic roman à clef, Post Office, captures the despair, drudgery, and happy dissolution of his alter ego, Henry Chinaski, as he enters middle age.Post Office is an account of Bukowski alter-ego Henry Chinaski. It covers the period of Chinaski’s life from the mid-1950s to his resignation from the United States Postal Service in 1969, interrupted only by a brief hiatus during which he supported himself by gambling at horse races.“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 143456 readers · 195 pages · ≈ 3 h 37 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read Post Office?
About ≈ 3 h 37 m — 195 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Post Office?
195 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Post Office?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is Post Office in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Where does Post Office take place?
It is set in Los Angeles (Calif.), California, Los Angeles.
Who wrote Post Office?
Charles Bukowski (1619–1994).