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The People Look Like Flowers at Last is a posthumously published collection of poems by Charles Bukowski, one of the most prolific and controversial American writers of the 20th century. The book was released in 2007, five years after Bukowski’s …
Women by Charles Bukowski is a novel that delves deep into the complexities of human relationships and emotions, specifically the emotions and experiences of men and women in their relationships. The novel follows the story of Henry Chinaski, a fictionalized …
Post Office by Charles Bukowski is a novel that tells the story of Henry Chinaski, a fictionalized version of the author himself, as he struggles to make a living working dead-end jobs and trying to make a name for himself …
Ham on Rye is a semi-autobiographical novel by Charles Bukowski, published in 1982. The novel is a coming-of-age story that follows the protagonist Henry Chinaski, a thinly-veiled version of Bukowski himself, as he navigates his troubled childhood and adolescence in …
Factotum is a novel by Charles Bukowski, first published in 1975. The book is a semi-autobiographical work and tells the story of Henry Chinaski, Bukowski’s alter-ego, as he moves from one dead-end job to the next in search of meaning …