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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 208 pages and is available in paperback format. Factotum follows charles bukowski s bestselling post office, his. Set in the 1940s, the plot follows henry chinaski, bukowskis perpetually unemployed, alcoholic alter ego, who has been rejected from the world war ii draft and makes his way from one menial job to the next hence a factotum. Down below you can hear bukowski s nirvana as read by tom waits, who possesses a voice famously evocative of unforgiving american life, one that perhaps sounds more like that of a bukowski poem than bukowski s own. Buy a cheap copy of factotum book by charles bukowski. Download the book charles bukowskifactotum for free in a convenient format epub, pdf, fb2, mobi. A bukowski sampler 1969 the days run away like wild horses over the hills 1969 fire station 1970 post office 1971 mockingbird wish me luck 1972 erections, ejaculations, exhibitions and general tales of ordinary madness 1972 me and your sometimes love poems 1972 while the music played 1973 south of no north 1973. A collection of poems by charles bukowski addeddate. Factotum by charles bukowski audiobook john stenger. Factotum e il romanzo che ha rivelato bukowski al pubblico italiano. At the top youll find one of bukowskis own readings, the secret of my endurance, a poem that appeared in dangling in the tournefortia 1982. Oct, 2009 lowlife writer and unrepentant alcoholic henry chinaski was born to survive. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. He was born in 1920 in andernach, germany, to an american soldier father and a german mother.
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