One of Charles Bukowski's best this beer-soaked deliciously degenerate novel follows the
wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. Deferred from
military service Chinaski travels from city to city moving listlessly from one odd job to
another always needing money but never badly enough to keep a job. His day-to-day existence
spirals into an endless litany of pathetic whores sordid rooms dreary embraces and drunken
brawls as he makes his bitter brilliant way from one drink to the next. Charles Bukowski's
posthumous legend continues to grow. Factotum is a masterfully vivid evocation of slow-paced
low-life urbanity and alcoholism and an excellent introduction to the fictional world of
Charles Bukowski.
