{"product_id":"factotum-by-charles-bukowski-9780753518151","title":"Factotum","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew look for the classic novel with an introduction by Neeli Cherkovski.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHenry Chinaski, an outcast, a loner and a hopeless drunk, drifts around America from one dead-end job to another, from one woman to another and from one bottle to the next. Uncompromising, gritty, hilarious and confessional in turn, his downward spiral is peppered with black humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFactotum\u003c\/em\u003e follows Charles Bukowski's bestselling \u003cem\u003ePost Office\u003c\/em\u003e, his highly autobiographical first novel. Bukowski's Beat Generation writing reflects his slum upbringing, his succession of menial jobs and his experience of low-life urban America. He died in 1994 and is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinctive writers of the last fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNeeli Cherkovski was a close friend of Bukowski and is the author of \u003cem\u003eHank- The Life of Charles Bukowski\u003c\/em\u003e (Random House, 1991).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46494812176620,"sku":"9780753518151","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7281273482456.jpg?v=1748462635","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/factotum-by-charles-bukowski-9780753518151","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}