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Ham on Rye: A Novel
by Bukowski, Charles
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1841951633
- ISBN 13
- 9781841951638
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Canongate, Edinburgh . New York . Melbourne, 2001. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. introduction by Roddy Doyle. Colour illustrated card cover with black, white and pale green coloured titles to the front panel and white and black coloured titles to the backstrip. The author's fourth book and most autobiographical, dealing as it does with his difficult relationship with his father and early childhood in Los Angeles. " ... Ham on Rye follows the path of Bukowski's ultra-ego Henry Chinaski through the high school years of acme and rejection, and into the beginning of a long and successful career in alcoholism. The mode novel begins against the backdrop of an America devastated by the Depression and takes the Chinaski legend up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor." – from rear panel blurb. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with very light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 318, [– further titles from publishing house] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Beat Writer; ISBN: 1841951633. ISBN/EAN: 9781841951638. Inventory No: 0288092. . 9781841951638
Synopsis
Ham on Rye is a 1982 semi-autobiographical novel by American author and poet Charles Bukowski. Written in the first person, the novel follows Henry Chinaski, Bukowski’s thinly veiled alter ego, during his early years. Written in Bukowski’s characteristic crude, straightforward prose, the novel tells of his coming-of-age in Los Angeles during the Great Depression.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0288092
- Title
- Ham on Rye: A Novel
- Author
- Bukowski, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1841951633
- ISBN 13
- 9781841951638
- Publisher
- Canongate
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh . New York . Melbourne
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- BZDB2 literature, beat writer, Semiautobiographical, alcoholism Literature & Literary; Beat Writer; Unbranded ISBN: 1841951633 EAN: 9781841951638 Bukowski, Charles Ham on Rye: A Novel
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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