Ok so here's the second book of the year. Guess what? I'm done with it already. Post office chronicles Bukowski's career working at the post office. Along the way we experience his adventures at the race tracks and the various women he gets involved with. Humerous and at times depressing due to the stark reality it presents of working at a job for 30 years it's always honest and simply written. That's not to say it's not intellegent. Bukowski's wit and humor seep through every sentence and observation. There's something going on in this book about the way he beds all sorts of women from all walks of life. A wealthy socialite, a drunken bimbo, an anti war revolutionist, a scam artist. Women are represented so many different ways here. It's almost as if Bukowski never changes but the women in his life do, and they reflect the changing world he lives in as years pass him by.
Some Facts :
- 208 pages, first published in 1971. Takes place in Los Angeles.
- Bukowski "One of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and porse, and, many would claim its most influential and imitated poet. During his lifetime published more than forty-five books of poetry and prose..." Died March 9, 1994 in California.
- Story is told through first person accounts of Henry Chinaski.
I'll do a wrap up soon for this one.
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