Factotum Les Éditions G. Van Oest of Paris and Brussels and convincing people that employment

and convincing people that employment is not slavery

Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England

Chris J Reed

filled with the richness of detail

Factotum Les Éditions G. Van Oest of Paris and Brussels and convincing people that employmentOne of 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