{"product_id":"ham-on-rye-9781837264025","title":"Ham On Rye","description":"\u003cp\u003eBukowski's take on the bildungsroman, an anti-coming-of-age story and his finest novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRAW ~ REBELLIOUS ~ VULGAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBukowski's take on the bildungsroman, an anti-coming-of-age story and his finest novel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLifelong misfit Henry Chinaski grows up downtrodden, stumbling through a world he has only ever known as hostile. Fights, failed romances and humiliations abound; Chinaski toughens up as he grows up, finding solace in books and in the bottle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSavagely funny and profoundly human, \u003ci\u003eHam on Rye\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone who has ever been ready to quit - and chosen to laugh, drink or fight back instead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781837264025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Main - Cult Canons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 06 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Edinburgh, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)x2.1(W)256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 256\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eCharles Bukowski, who died in 1994, was the legendary Californian writer who became famous for his semi-autobiographical books about low-life America. Novels such as \u003ci\u003eFactotum\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePost Office\u003c\/i\u003e made this one-time bum, and lifelong alcoholic, rich and famous, and culminated in the making of \u003ci\u003eBarfly\u003c\/i\u003e, a major Hollywood movie based on his life starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eHe brought everyone down to earth, even the angels -- LEONARD COHEN\u003cbr\u003eIn an age of conformity, Bukowski wrote about the people nobody wanted to be: the ugly, the selfish, the lonely, the mad *  * Observer *  *\u003cbr\u003eSometimes funny and always sad, \u003ci\u003eHam on Rye\u003c\/i\u003e is written in an admirably hard, bare, vivid style\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *  * Times Literary Supplement *  *\u003cbr\u003eBoth powerful and, where appropriate, extremely funny *  * Sunday Telegraph *  *\u003cbr\u003eReflective, humane, tremendously evocative and absorbingly readable *  * The Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eA scorching account of a childhood, adolescence, a life of ugliness, pain, escape, alcohol, loneliness. Often it is's funny - often it's disturbing -\u003ci\u003e Ham on Rye\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful book -- RODDY DOYLE\u003cbr\u003eA Laureate of American low life *  * Time *  *\u003cbr\u003eThis great novel is Bukowski's supremely honest account of a twisted childhood -- Howard Sounes *  * author of Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life *  *\u003cbr\u003eThe Thing about Bukowski is, when you read what he has to say, he's right -- SEAN PENN\u003cbr\u003eRaunchy yet lyrical, occasionally hilarious while abysmally sad *  * San Francisco Chronicle *  *","brand":"Charles Bukowski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50735566913753,"sku":"9781837264025","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781837264025.jpg?v=1792168795","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/ham-on-rye-9781837264025","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}