Nuclearlee's review
Post Office
by Charles Bukowski
Nuclearlee's review
Post Office by Charles Bukowski
Nuclearlee's review
rating:
recommended for: anyone who wants to read something important.
This is my second book by Bukowski (Ham on Rye was my first), and it was a great read. Chinaski's social life is a hoot, and his desire to just be plain lazy and his utter lack of ambition give me hope for my own life. After eleven mind numbing years of college, it's not hard to draw parallels between my own life and Chinaski's (I'm just glad I quit drinking way before I became a raging alcoholic). Bukowski shows what you do to survive and how just trying to survive can be just as bad as being in a coma or sometimes worse than being dead.
Even if you have no appreciation for the suffering Chinaski goes through while working for the Post Office, anyone can appreciate (and laugh your ass off at) the hilarious dialogue between him and every other person in the book.
So far (with Ham on Rye and Post Office), Bukowski shows us brutally honest glimpses into real life.
I think I'm going to go to Louisiana to do some trapping and fur trading.
Even if you have no appreciation for the suffering Chinaski goes through while working for the Post Office, anyone can appreciate (and laugh your ass off at) the hilarious dialogue between him and every other person in the book.
So far (with Ham on Rye and Post Office), Bukowski shows us brutally honest glimpses into real life.
I think I'm going to go to Louisiana to do some trapping and fur trading.
