Factotum
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine
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Walnut Creek, California, United States
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About This Item
This volume, "Factotum" is Bukowski's second novel. "Set in the 1940s, the plot follows Henry Chinaski, Bukowski's perpetually unemployed, alcoholic alter ego, who has been rejected from the World War II draft and makes his way from one menial job to the next" (n.b., quote from Wiki).
___DESCRIPTION: Quarter bound in orange cloth over decorated tan paper boards, paper spine label with orange and brown lettering, orange endpapers, title page with a large brown decoration and author's name in red, signed at the colophon by Bukowski in black felt-tip, this number 26 of 250 signed/numbered copies (there were also 75 deluxe signed copies with artwork by Bukowski); octavo size (9.25" by 6.25"), pagination: [1-10] 11-205 [1, blank] [1, colophon, signed by Bukowski in black marker] [1, blank] [1, black and white photograph of Bukowski with bio].
___CONDITION: Fine overall, with clean boards, the spine not sunned (still bright orange), straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; a very shallow ding to the fore-edge of the front board near the top edge, else fine. Lacking the publisher's acetate wrapper, now covered with mylar for protection.
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Synopsis
One of Charles Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. Deferred from military service, Chinaski travels from city to city, moving listlessly from one odd job to another, always needing money but never badly enough to keep a job. His day-to-day existence spirals into an endless litany of pathetic whores, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls, as he makes his bitter, brilliant way from one drink to the next.Charles Bukowski's posthumous legend continues to grow. Factotum is a masterfully vivid evocation of slow-paced, low-life urbanity and alcoholism, and an excellent introduction to the fictional world of Charles Bukowski.
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- Bookseller
- Swan's Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CNJZ0006
- Title
- Factotum
- Author
- Bukowski, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- Date Published
- 1975
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry, Bukowski, Beats, Literature, Modern Literature, Autobiographical Novel
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