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His day-to-day existence spirals One of Charles Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. His day-to-day existence spirals into an endless litany of pathetic whores, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls, as he makes his bitter, brilliant way from one drink to the next. Charles Bukowski's posthumous legend continues to grow. Factotum is a masterfully vivid evocation of slow-paced, low-life urbanity and alcoholism, and an excellent introduction to the fictional world of Charles Bukowski. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published May 31st by Ecco first published More Details Original Title. Henry Chinaski. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought Factotum: A Novel this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Factotumplease sign up. Please suggest any similar books to factotum? Leia "Women" Mulheres. 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But at night she was always screaming and throwing things at me: telephones, telephone books, bottles, glasses full and emptyradios, purses, guitars, ashtrays, dictionaries, broken watch bands, alarm clocks…She was an unusual woman. She was now probably saying the same thing about me to him. In the end, we just get a Factotum: A Novel Bukowski moment at a strip-joint, as we prepare to go out in a blaze of unemployed, poverty- stricken, alcoholic frenzy, but View all 7 comments. Factotum — an employee who does all kinds of work. He Factotum: A Novel to be a writer. And he kept writing all the time and anywhere. I drank for some time, three or four days. The thought of sitting in front of a man behind a desk and telling him that I wanted Factotum: A Novel job, Factotum: A Novel I was qualified for a job, was too much for me. Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. He honestly told the world what kind of the man he was and what kind of the world he lived in and in spite of anything he became a writer… one of the most uncompromising writers.
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