Factotum
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Factotum is a semi-autobiographical novel by Charles Bukowski that follows his hard-drinking alter ego Henry Chinaski through a series of dead-end jobs and bleak, darkly comic episodes in mid-20th-century America.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| author | Charles Bukowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresMotif |
bars
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drinking ⓘ rooming houses ⓘ transient work ⓘ |
| followsCharacterThrough | series of menial jobs ⓘ |
| genre | semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Factotum (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Henry Chinaski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Los Angeles
NERFINISHED
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various American cities ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
autobiographical fiction
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dirty realism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | underground literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Henry Chinaski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Henry Chinaski cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | American underclass ⓘ |
| protagonistIsAlterEgoOf | Charles Bukowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationEra | 20th century ⓘ |
| publisher | Black Sparrow Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Ham on Rye
NERFINISHED
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Post Office NERFINISHED ⓘ Women NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
| style |
colloquial language
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episodic structure ⓘ minimalist prose ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
literary rejection
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sexual relationships ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| theme |
alcoholism
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alienation ⓘ dark humor ⓘ dead-end jobs ⓘ failure ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| tone |
bleak
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darkly comic ⓘ |
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