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Ham On Rye

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Ham On Rye

By: Charles Bukowski
Narrated by: Christian Baskous
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In what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely years of his own hardscrabble youth in the raw voice of alter ego Henry Chinaski. From a harrowingly cheerless childhood in Germany through acne-riddled high school years and his adolescent discoveries of alcohol, women, and the Los Angeles Public Library's collection of D. H. Lawrence, Ham on Rye offers a crude, brutal, and savagely funny portrait of an outcast's coming-of-age during the desperate days of the Great Depression.

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Excellent performance, the voice really suited the book. Good story to, it reminded me of a funnier "catcher in the rye"

Liked it a lot

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the delivery was perfect. now to complete 15 word minimum review. seems like a pointless

could have been bukowski speaking.

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in my opinion this is Bukowski's best book .
funny as hell, very
well read. very enjoyable.
recommended.

great

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The narrator expertly captured Bukowski's voice in terms of sound and style. Ham on Rye is my favourite of Bukowski's work but I'd love to listen to this same guy read Post Office.

Great narration

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