Ham On Rye

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 * *
Both powerful and, where appropriate, extremely funny * * Sunday Telegraph * *
Reflective, humane, tremendously evocative and absorbingly readable * * The Times * *
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
A Laureate of American low life * * Time * *
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 * *

Charles Bukowski, who died in 1994, was a legendary Californian writer known for his semi-autobiographical books depicting low-life America. His novels, including Factotum and Post Office, brought fame and fortune to this former bum and lifelong alcoholic. His life story was later adapted into the major Hollywood film Barfly, starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway.

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