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Ham on Rye Book

Charles Bukowski's fourth novel, Ham on Rye, is the semi-autobiographical story of the early years of his alter ego Henry Chinaski. It is a finely written and honest account of the painful childhood of a boy marked out from his peers. Regularly beaten by his father, Chinaski is shown growing through his difficult and violent adolescence (struck with the worst case of acne his doctors have ever seen) through to the first jobs he can't and won't hold down. In this moving story of growing up Bukowski disciplines his muscular, concentrated writing and creates a novel that distils his poetry into the finest full-length piece of prose that he ever wrote. Bukowski is often good but in Ham on Rye he's great. Sadly, best known as the alcoholic inspiration for the film Barfly (an experience he … read more...

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With his fourth novel, legendary barfly Charles Bukowski follows the path of his alter ego Henry Chinaski through the high school years of acne and rejection, drinking his way through the Depression, and ends at the start of World War 2.
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Infamous for his wry observations and terrifically blunt and coarse humour, Charles Bukowski offers a semi-autobiographical account of his childhood in Ham on Rye, the fourth of his novels. Following alter ego Henry Chianski, the novel talks movingly of a troubled youth, filled with pain, domestic abuse and difficult first jobs. All are tackled with Bukowskis trademark wit and in an open and honest manner that sees Chianski drink his way through the Great Depression.
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Follows the path of the author's alter-ego Henry Chinaski through the high school years of acne and rejection and into the beginning of a long and successful career in alcoholism. This novel begins against the backdrop of an America devastated by...
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With his fourth novel legendary barfly Charles Bukowski follows the path of his alter ego Henry Chinaski through the high school years of acne and rejection drinking his way through the Depression and ends at the start of World War 2.

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