Post Office (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Bukowski
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Autobiographical fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Drinking or drunkenness, Postal service, Work or workers, Bureaucracy or bureaucrats
- Locales: California
Post Office is Bukowski's first novel; it became one of his best-selling works. He had published approximately twenty books of poems and short stories during the 1960's, with his hero, Henry Chinaski, as the major character in most of the stories. Post Office breaks no new literary ground but offers amplified versions of his typical narratives, now covering a fourteen-year period of employment in the postal service. The plot moves through various episodes of crises with his supervisors, coworkers, and lovers. Post Office presents a domesticated version of the...
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