He goes on to become a sub, and finally takes the exam to become a regular mail carrier. Postal Service accidentally, signing on for an allegedly easy job helping to deliver Christmas cards. With Betty, his "shackjob," he drinks away their income in an open relationship. Henry ("Hank") Chinaski is a middle-aged alcoholic with an attitude. Having awakened from a terrible drunken spree, Henry looks back at a career that has broken him physically, and at the sexual and gambling adventures that have kept him going. Henry is a middle-aged alcoholic willing to buck any system, void of ambition, yet exhibiting superior intellect and reasoning. Post Office, by Charles Bukowski, is the self-revelation of Henry ("Hank") Chinaski.
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