Factotum Comments

  • Aida 2022-03-23 08:01:04

    When I'm drunk on the street, I'm actually at my most...

  • Anne 2022-03-23 08:01:04

    The down-and-out talent is found in the...

  • Robert 2022-03-23 08:01:04

    Engaged in countless grassroots jobs, alcoholics, gamblers, STDs. "I'm still a writer," he said with a sullen...

  • Stefan 2022-03-23 08:01:04

    Much better than the...

Extended Reading
  • Flavio 2022-03-23 08:01:04

    Letter to a child graduating from high school

    To Zou Xi:
     
           Thank you for accompanying me through a year and seven months. These days are short, but they are the little sunshine in my heart. I wanted to write about your impression of me, but I couldn't, because people are constantly growing, especially children of your age. Maybe the next...

  • Stan 2022-03-23 08:01:04

    The resonance here is full of tragic grief.

    "My drunken soul is sadder than all the dead Christmas trees in this world." That's a pretty literary name. The story told in "The Miscellaneous Generalist" is nothing but the bumpy life of an ordinary person who maintains a rebellious normality. He said that he is a writer, addicted to alcohol,...

Factotum quotes

  • Henry Chinaski: [voiceover] I bought some expensive clothes and a good pair of shoes. The owner of the bike supply house didn't look so powerful anymore. Manny and I took a little longer with our lunches and came back smoking good cigars. The new life didn't sit well with Jan. She was used to her four fucks a day and also used to see me poor and humble.

  • Henry Chinaski: [voiceover] The next day at work some of the other employees asked us if we would place bets for them.