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post office: A Novel
. Charles Bukowski. Ecco Press. 1980.
Book review by Joel
If you’ve ever been frustrated by a job you didn’t like, this
book would express your feelings and then some. This was Charles Bukowski’s
first novel that he wrote after his publisher told him novels sold better
than poetry. He has written tons of poetry. There is a great website,
www.bukowski.net,
that has a wealth of information.
He published this book in 1971. This was before the term “going postal” was invented, but he gives plenty of reasons to go postal in this look at working in the post office. The dedication page says it is a work of fiction and is dedicated to no one.
Basically, it is about his run as a postal worker who hated his supervisors
and worked as little as he could get away with, as well as the booze and
women in his life. He really did work in the post office and there are
pictures of actual reprimands he got. It is hard to see where fiction
and non-fiction separate. It may not be fiction at all. His writing is
so real, everything happening as it happens. It is a refreshing style.
Everything is to the point, no wasted space.
Waiver to kids. This is not a kid’s book. This book contains adult
subject matter. Does that make you want to read it? Good.
Joel.
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