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Factotum

Paperback • 2017 • English • 1. edition

Factotum

By Charles Bukowski

4 Ratings • 4.5 of 5

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About the book

Henry Chinaski, an outcast, a loner and a hopeless drunk, drifts around America from one dead-end job to another, from one woman to another and from one bottle to the next. Uncompromising, gritty, hilarious and confessional in turn, his downward spiral is peppered with black humour. Factotum follows Charles Bukowski's bestselling Post Office, his highly autobiographical first novel. Bukowski's Beat Generation writing reflects his slum upbringing, his succession of menial jobs and his experience...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Narrative theme: Social issues

Book details

ISBN

9780753518151

Publisher

Virgin

Published year

2017

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Factotum

Format

Paperback

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4 Ratings • 4.5 of 5

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