Factotum by Charles Bukowski [FIRST EDITION PAPERBACK]

Factotum by Charles Bukowski 

FIRST EDITION / 12th PRINTING [1987] BLACK SPARROW PRESS

Like a majority of Bukowski's works, this book was published simultaneously in both Hardcover and Softcover first editions by Black Sparrow Press.  

Trade Paperback.  12th Printing from 1987.   

Book is still like new and unread.  Small spot of sticker ghosting to corner of front cover.   Otherwise, pristine.  

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.  - Bookshop Apocalypse