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Post Office is a novel written by Charles Bukowski that
may be said to be an autobiographical account of Bukowski's later
years. Down-and-out barfly Henry Chinaski becomes a substitute mail
carrier; he quits for a while and lives on his winnings at the
track, then becomes a mail clerk. The work is menial, boring and
degrading. Our hero survives through booze and women, combined with
an extremely cynical view of the world.
Post Office is the first novel by Bukowski to feature his
autobiographical anti-hero, Henry Chinaski. It covers the period of
Bukowski's life from about 1952 to his resignation from the United
States Postal Service three years later, to his return in
1958 and then to his final resignation in 1969. During this time,
Chinaski/Bukowski worked as a mail carrier for a number of years.
After a brief hiatus, in which he supported himself by gambling at
horse races, he returned to the Post Office to work as a
sorter.
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