Description from Goodreads
"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.My Thoughts on the Book
Post Office is a semi-autobiographical account of the author's time as a carrier and sorter, and it's the type of gritty American books I learned to love while studying at university. Bukowski has a way of writing about the lost souls, the castaways, and in general, the underdogs, in a really beautiful way and without the pity that's often seen in works by for instance Charles Dickens. Rather, Bukowski makes us walk with those underdogs instead, which I think is a good thing.
Post Office is a book most certainly worth the read, especially if you're in search of whisky, cigarettes, and Tom Waits vibes.
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