Factotum

Factotum is a 1975 novel in which Henry Chinaski, Bukowski's alter ego, gets and loses jobs. The plot is simple but the tone is fascinating. Chinaski's journey through different jobs is always accompanied by alcohol, sex, women and the usual humourous and sharp wit and depression.

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1975: 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar)....

Novel: A novel (from French nouvelle, "new") is an extended fictional narrative in prose. Down into the 18th century, the word referred specifically to short fictions of love and intrigue as opposed to romances—epic-length works about love and adventures. Having become one of the major literary genr...

Henry Chinaski: Henry Chinaski is the protaganist of five novels by Charles Bukowski, as well as many short stories and poems. He is an anti-hero, an alcoholic who drifts from job to job and woman to woman. He is also, in most respects, an autobiographical character....