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Summary: Way less boring than most books you can buy
Review: This is great. The story is about a lecherous slacker drunk who hates the prison that is the working stiffs life. Its about all the mean spirited rule following bastards that inhabit the straight world and how if you confront them head on you get cut out of the deal. There is a lot in the book about the central character Henry Chinaski ... and being tortured by having to work. It is short and to the point and really funny. No bloated tedious prose here, just something you can actually enjoy reading. Buy it.
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Summary: So real it hurt
Review: I have to say that this was my first Bukowski read ... wow ... I was totally impressed by its profound insights into the life of an artist who searches through the darkness and still ends up with a kind of dead pan bitterness about the futility of it all. I never worked for the post office, but after reading this book I sure as hell never want to. I rated this high because it's so honest and I thought Mr. Bukowski did such a great job in capturing his characters: all I imagine were taken from real life. But when you read this try to look beyond the sex, drugs, booze, and gambling. Because this guy uses life as his canvas and creates a picture of own life that will stay with you - it's a damn great book - just read it.
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Summary: Disgruntled
Review: An autobiographical novel by America's best writer detailing the 15 years or so he spent working for the US Postal Service. Drinking, screwing, and mail-sorting abound, described in an off-hand yet precise and hilarious style that makes most other writers read like puke. The description of the hospital birth of his illegitimate child is tragic in its simple adherence to the facts of bureaucratized miracles. Goes down quicker than a chiliburger and stays with you a lot longer. Also contains one of the best last lines of any novel ever.
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Summary: Likeable but hardly profound...
Review: I read Post Office in two hours whilst waiting for a flight from Vienna to London. The stark simplicity of the prose and the pace of the narrative make this a genuine page turner but when I reflected on it, I realised that I had learn very little about American society that I didn't already know or suspect. OK, to alleviate the tedium of routine, people seek excitement through alcohol, sex etc. Sometimes it's rewarding, sometimes it's not. When it's not the results can often be painful - all very true but not exactly groundbreaking. Henry is an endearing character - an interesting combination of sceptic and samaritan - but, funny though he is at times, I'm not sure whether Bukowski quite deserves so illustrious a reputation.
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Summary: Words from another cursed writer...
Review: The best work ever by an american writer... An overrated bum with a typewriter... A wise man who lived life to the fullest. Everyone has something to say, so do I. Most of the people who give good or bad reviews has got their own taste in books. Some of them has got the same as mine, never the less, who says you have the taste same as us? Some people wants to burn Buk'es books and some (I think most of the pepople who has written a review in this site, claming to understand Buk) Probably uses Bukowski t-shirts and underware. Ridiculos... If you are famous when you live, you become a semi-god when you are dead. I think this book is wounderful. I find it funny, easy read and honest. I recomend it. As for you who think you're an expert, Do you write better or just diferent(have you ever written anything)? Are you better person or worse(have you ever betrayed a friend)? Do you think he was wise, so why dont you pick up a bottle? This is the special thing about Buk, he had no shame for his thoughts and lifestyle. And he dindnt ask for your sympathy nore forgivnes. Maby he was to occupied living his life, for better or worse. And as for you who has never read a Bukowski book or just never read just this one... How will you know if you like it untill you have tried it out?
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Summary: The Most Over-Rated Drunk With A Typewriter Of All Time
Review: I'm going to commit sacrilege. I can't believe some of these reviews. Greatest book by the greatest American writer. Brilliant. Honest. Stunning to behold. A master of American dialect. Bukowski? Post Office? Bukowski called himself a "minor talent" and he was exaggerating. He must be cackling in his grave right now. He was an alcoholic postal clerk with a typewriter who realized he could con audiences of gullible students and second-rate literatsi with his beast-with-a-bottle act. I like Bukowski and have read all of his novels and short stories, but let's face it, he was a terrible writer, with all the insight you would expect from a postal clerk, who evolved into a passable hack and became a millionaire in the process. His greatest accomplishment was to lift himself literally from the gutter to become a professional writer. A bad writer, true, but a writer who made a decent living from his work, nothing to sneer at. His success completely invalidates all of his "society against the working man" BS. Bukowski created his own problems and knew it. The irony is that he has been typecast as some kind of existential hero and literary master by the limp-wristed academics and left-wing scribblers he despised.
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Summary: The most under-rated writer of all time
Review: This is possibly the greatest book by the greatest American writer. Bukowski speaks with an honesty and insight that is stunning to behold. He captures the American dialect so well that you can hear him telling this story as you read the book. He is funny and will make you laugh but only because what he says is true. Bukowski spent ten years working for the Los Angeles post office. When finally given a chance to quit his job he culled this book from his journal notes three weeks after leaving the post office. If you are just starting to explore Bukowski's prose this is a great starter book, quick moving, always interesting, and only mildly offensive in comparison to Women or The Most Beautiful Girl In Town.
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Summary: Great, his best prose
Review: Full of fun, watch for the antichrist in this one. Watch the dialogue closely as well as the images and laugh even more when you realize the postman is Satan himself. The drunkard at his most literary after a 10-year nonwriting stint. He had plenty of time to think this out before penning it in three weeks flat.
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Summary: "Mr. Johnstone is a fine man!"
Review: One of Bukowski's most enjoyable- If you've ever been trapped in a dead-end job with a sadistic and insane boss and outlandish rules, you will certainly identify with this book. A great place to start if you are thinking about reading some of his work.
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Summary: Sad, gritty reality?
Review: The first Bukowski novel I picked up, it left me wanting more. It's a funny, sad relatable story and absolutely a quick read. The subject matter? Alcoholism, gambling, women and the US Postal Service. All in all it's pretty standard Bukowski fare, but I enjoy standard Bukowski fare tremendously. This is an excellent starting point for newcomers, as it pulls no punches. For those of you who already love (or hate) Bukowski and have somehow failed to read this book... you're missing out.
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