Post Office

Charles Bukowski's novel Post Office (1971) is an autobiographical work told through the perspective of his alter ego, Hank Chinaski. The novel captures the drudgery of a steady job lifestyle, drawing from Bukowski's own experience working as a mail carrier and postal clerk for over a decade. Bukowski is known for his realistic and often comic depictions of survival in a corrupt society, using graphic language and violent imagery in his poetry and fiction. His work frequently features his alter ego, Henry Chinaski, a hard-drinking, unskilled worker.12