Ham on Rye
Charles Bukowski's Ham on Rye (1982) is an angel fiction novel. Much of the action takes place in Los Angeles, Calif.. Key subjects include teenage boys, alcoholics, authors and Biographical.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 27 ratings, and 133 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 11 editions.
At about 288 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.
About Ham on Rye
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.
Quick answers
Who wrote Ham on Rye?
Ham on Rye was written by Charles Bukowski and first published in 1982.
What genre is Ham on Rye?
It is usually shelved as Angel Fiction.
How long is Ham on Rye?
The median edition has 288 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Ham on Rye?
Readers who like it often enjoy Slow Days, Fast Company, The Tortilla Curtain and Kindred.
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