Up Next: Post Office by Bukowski

This is where I admit that I have never read any Bukowski. I've been meaning to (especially since he is one of John Fante's biggest fans) and luckily Bukowski's Post Office was chosen for our next book club read. (Thank you, Tracy, for this month's pick.) Stay tuned for more details on when we're meeting to discuss said book. Facebook invite pending!

Check out the book description below. Hope you can read along! This book/author should be ripe for discussion.


"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.