Henry Chinaski is a low life loser with a
hand-to-mouth existence. His menial Post
Office day job supports a life of beer,
one-night stands and racetracks. Lurid,
uncompromising and hilarious, Post Office
is a landmark in American literature.
Post Office was Charles Bukowski's
debut novel, and has sold over a million
copies in more than a dozen languages
since its first publication in 1971.
Bukowski's Beat Generation writing
reflects his tough upbringing, his
succession of menial jobs and his
experience of low life urban America.
He died in 1994 and is widely
acknowledged as one of the most
distinctive writers of the last fifty years.