![]() ![]() Low-Life Drunkenness and the US Mail in Bukowski’s Post Officeīukowski’s path to writing his debut novel was not an easy one. I’ve covered Down and Out in Paris and London on this blog already – Bukowski’s Post Office is, essentially, an American version of this! By this I mean it, naturally, loses all Britishness in favour of a laconic, profane, salacious, and often downright perverted nature. The latter, down and out literature, I first came across when I read several of George Orwell’s works, which dealt with poverty and social and economic injustice – a sad situation which hasn’t advanced a great deal since Orwell’s day. The former sprung forth through the likes of Thomas De Quincey in the 19th century, who candidly discussed his addiction to opium. ![]() Charles Bukowski’s Post Office (1971) isn’t quite in the same league there, but what it does represent is a fine instalment in addiction, and down and out, literature, as well as something genuinely funny to read. ![]() Right, my last three reviews have encompassed a lot of serious philosophising and whatnot. ![]()
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