A review by jennygaitskell
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski

5.0

This novel documents in first person Henry Chinaski's formative experiences in 1920s-1940s Los Angeles. It reads as a series of true moments lived and observed and re-imagined. The writing is honest and direct to the point of brutality.

Reading it, I was inside Chinaski's head, fascinated, often appalled, but unable to look away.