Post Office

Paperback | 196 pages

Charles Bukowskis classic roman clef,Post Officecaptures the despair, drudgery, and happy dissolution of his alter ego, Henry Chinaski, as he enters middle age

Post Officeis an account of Bukowski alter-ego Henry Chinaski. It covers the period of Chinaskis 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.