false 2211903 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

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]]> 4 10 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 10:55:28 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 06:17:11 -0800 2009 I don't mind working, '...more...]]> 7594022 395634 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 2 9 false Thu Oct 11 14:25:52 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 14:37:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1610426 82542 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 5 5 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 12:14:16 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:34:32 -0800 2009
Probably not a very nice person. But after reading "Post Office", my first by Bukowski, you start to realize that there are too ma...more...]]> 1365629 9178 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 5 2 false Tue May 22 09:49:19 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 19:53:09 -0800 2009 Luckily the students had no interest whatsoever in the book, so I had it all to m...more...]]> 5288751 131294 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 4 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 08:24:39 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 13:44:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2392563 154251 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 2 2 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 06:43:27 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:43:54 -0800 2009
Ignoring notoriety and hype, this book is just a mediocre rambling of a bastard, stupid women and drunk men. It proports to say nothing outside...more...]]> 21154162 144359 38434 0061177571 9780061177576 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189087094m/38434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38434.Post_Office_A_Novel 3.91 768 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 3 2 false Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Mon Apr 28 05:03:21 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 05:21:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 7685606 541705 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

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I like the style in which Bukowski writes. It's very descriptive, yet straight to the point on ho...more...]]> 8249007 578909 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 4 2 false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Oct 25 16:30:10 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 20:56:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 12957411 306391 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

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]]> 5 2 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Sep 17 11:12:03 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 11:17:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 40064517 1794887 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 5 0 false Sun Dec 14 05:27:39 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 05:27:51 -0800 2008
Most of Post Office revolves around his two stints as a Postal Worker, boozing, gambling, relationships with women and his trying to keep o...more...]]> 59347616 1857329 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 4 0 false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 19:32:26 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 19:34:02 -0700 2009
Charles Bukowski’s first novel is a tale of on-again, off-again postal worker Henry Chiniski. Part loser, womanizer, gambler, and alcoholic, Bukowski shows a very broad portrait of a man without much direction or hope living in the bureaucracy ...more...]]> 71454542 2744846 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 4 0 false Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 16 13:54:20 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 20:56:56 -0700 2009
With letters in his hands and a hangover in his head, protagonist Hank Chinaski spends the duration of Post Office (Ecco...more...]]> 64833402 1849126 38434 0061177571 9780061177576 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189087094m/38434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38434.Post_Office_A_Novel 3.91 768 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 4 0 false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 15:50:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 14:51:53 -0700 2009
Bukowski is really love it or leave it. With his writing, there is no time for...more...]]> 78070143 905454 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 3 0 false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 07:29:37 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 07:41:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 59563232 2395900 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 5 0 false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 18:26:56 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:54:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 46705494 716241 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 5 0 false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 20:02:19 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 12:21:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 70225816 2593919 38434 0061177571 9780061177576 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189087094m/38434.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38434.Post_Office_A_Novel 3.91 768 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 4 0 false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 00:22:05 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 00:26:50 -0700 2009
The book is a quick read. As you can see from my profile here, I consume...more...]]> 62270270 230344 51504 0876850867 9780876850862 427 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494m/51504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office 4.00 6077 "It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

]]> 4 0 false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 18:43:52 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 08:05:10 -0700 2009
I like reading books with experiences far removed from my own.

I didn't like it so much at the beginning; it was hard to get a grip on the character - who I assume is a just slightly altered Bukoswki. I think it's that his D, JQ, and W wasn'...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2211903