Ham on Rye : Canons - Charles Bukowski

Ham on Rye

By: Charles Bukowski, Roddy Doyle (Introduction by)

Paperback | 1 July 2015

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The autobiographical coming-of-age modern classic by one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century.

With introduction by Roddy Doyle

'He brought everyone down to earth, even the angels' Leonard Cohen

Charles Bukowski is one of the greatest authors of the twentieth-century. The autobiographical Ham on Rye is widely considered his finest novel. A classic of American literature, it offers powerful insight into his youth through the prism of his alter-ego Henry Chinaski, who grew up to be the legendary Hank Chinaski of Post Office and Factotum.
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* He brought everyone down to earth, even the angels -- LEONARD COHEN * In an age of conformity, Bukowski wrote about the people nobody wanted to be: the ugly, the selfish, the lonely, the mad Observer * Sometimes funny and always sad, Ham on Rye is written in an admirably hard, bare, vivid style Times Literary Supplement * Reflective, humane, tremendously evocative and absorbingly readable The Times * Both powerful and, where appropriate, extremely funny Sunday Telegraph * A scorching account of a childhood, adolescence, a life of ugliness, pain, escape, alcohol, loneliness. Often it is's funny - often it's disturbing - Ham on Rye is a powerful book -- RODDY DOYLE * This great novel is Bukowski's supremely honest account of a twisted childhood -- Howard Sounes author of Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life * The Thing about Bukowski is, when you read what he has to say, he's right -- SEAN PENN * Raunchy yet lyrical, occasionally hilarious while abysmally sad San Francisco Chronicle * We all knew Bukowski was a tough guy, but who would have guessed that even the grave could not shut him up? -- BILLY COLLINS * There is a real poignancy in the people encountered in Bukowski's work New York Times Book Review * A Laureate of American low life Time

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