Hisĭescriptions of sex are not as explicit but his view of women as 'flank' To Women (1978) in that away from the post office, Chinaski describes how he frequents the race track and hops into bed with a variety of women. He is closely watched by supervisors that 'looked at you as if you were a hunk of human shit.' He works 12 hours a night for two weeks straight and then gets four days off- unless he is asked to work overtime. It was simple.' According to the production schedule, Chinaski must 'stick' each two-foot tray of mail containing hundreds of letters in 23 minutes. If a letter read zone 28 you stuck it to hole no. The work involves sorting mail and it is deadening and exhausting: 'We were working in zoned mail.
He marries Joyce, and following a short interlude in Texas, he returns to L.A. After three years, he lands a job as a regular postie but resigns shortly afterwards because he is sick of the rules and regulations.
You enter the world of the mail carrier through Bukowski's alter-ego, Henry Chinaski and discover the idiosyncrasies of his various routes, his fellow workers and the people he delivers to. This is a great performance by Christian Baskus.The descriptions of working as a post carrier and clerk in Post Office are intriguing but can sometimesīe as repetitive and boring as mail sorting. The narrator of The Post Office is fantastic, channeling Bukowski's voice perfectly. If I were to recommend one of his works, it would be Ham on Rye. The Post Office is short novel, and I'd say it's mostly for those who are already fans of Bukowski. Sure, though I'm not sure this would make a great movie.
If this book were a movie would you go see it? The Post Office doesn't really have those stand-out scenes like Ham on Rye. The novel spans a 12 year period of working at the post office, focusing on the topics of tediousness and boredom with Bukowski humor sprinkled throughout. I'm not sure it needs to be changed in any way. How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable? It's a short work, and Bukowski always entertains. Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
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