<Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PS3552. U4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Factotum </Td> </Tr> <P> Post Office is the first novel written by Charles Bukowski, published in 1971 when he was 50 years old . </P> <P> In Los Angeles, California, 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 . Chinaski drifts from place to place, surviving through booze and women, with his biting sense of humor and a cynical view of the world . </P>

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