books.google.com - A former postman and long-term alcoholic who did not become a full-time writer until middle age, Charles Bukowski was the author of autobiographical novels that captured the low life--including Post Office, Factotum, and Women--and made him a literary celebrity, with a major Hollywood film (Barfly) based...http://books.google.com/books/about/Charles_Bukowski.html?id=7nK1MvP2L_IC&q=glossary&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareCharles Bukowski
