Then he passes an exam and graduates to mail sorter where he sorts tubs of mail and puts them into slots for the carrier to deliver. Parts of the story are brutal as the main character Henry Chinaski lurches from one bad place to another. When Bukowski was aged 24, his short story "Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip" was published in Story magazine.

Its the portrait of the "company man", the little cog in the machine which uses the little bit of authority to humiliate and destroy his fellow man.band Moose Blood named their first EP after him, as well as naming a track, and mentioning his name, throughout their first album, I'll Keep You in Mind, From Time to Time.

He leaves, but not before she says, “Don’t forget where I’m at”—because, really, who wouldn’t be charmed by this man? In Italia è stato pubblicato quasi subito, ma anche qui la fama è arrivata in ritardo, solo che quando è arrivata è letteralmente esplosa. The plot moves along on the intensity and energy of various crises involving Hank and his supervisors, coworkers, and lovers.He used to be spotted in several bars, around the post office, at the racetrack or in his moldy appartment, but since he's dead now we recommend looking for him at the library. The charm of this book lies in the relentless attachment of Chinaski to the US Postal Service, as he puts in thankless hours on the trot in pursuit of a life drowned in alcohol, cigarettes, race-horses and (obviously) women. In March 1980 he gave his very last reading at the Sweetwater music venue in Redondo Beach, California, which was released as Hostage on vinyl and audio CD, and The Last Straw on DVD, filmed and produced by Jon Monday for mondayMEDIA. a b "Big-Screen Time for Bukowski: 'Love Is a Dog' and 'Barfly' Put Hard-Living Poet in the Limelight". The brainwashed little ant who defends the company and enforces its rules with pleasure and an almost religious fervor, the poor zealot that actually believes in the company's directives.