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Factotum
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"These people are assholes, assholes! They have no intelligence! They don't know how to think! They're afraid of the mind! They're sick! They're cowards! They aren't thinking men like you and me"
A writer who struggles to make ends meet so he takes every job he can possibly find. Bukowski's writing is sharp, brutal, raw. The story at some parts I could even describe it as depressing.. (lost count of how many jobs he changed or how many females he slept with) For me Factotum is brilliant.
Having read Ask the dust it's obvious what effect Fante had on Bukowski. I found so many similarities, but I still like Factotum more.
I am so glad that I read it again because there were so many quotes I've missed when I first read it.
People don't need love. What they need is success in one form or another. It can be love but it needn't be
Factotum I guess it's not a book for everyone, but those who dare to read it will find some things to like about it.
A writer who struggles to make ends meet so he takes every job he can possibly find. Bukowski's writing is sharp, brutal, raw. The story at some parts I could even describe it as depressing.. (lost count of how many jobs he changed or how many females he slept with) For me Factotum is brilliant.
Having read Ask the dust it's obvious what effect Fante had on Bukowski. I found so many similarities, but I still like Factotum more.
I am so glad that I read it again because there were so many quotes I've missed when I first read it.
People don't need love. What they need is success in one form or another. It can be love but it needn't be
Factotum I guess it's not a book for everyone, but those who dare to read it will find some things to like about it.
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Quotes Magdalen Liked
“It was true that I didn’t have much ambition, but there ought to be a place for people without ambition, I mean a better place than the one usually reserved. How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?”
― Factotum
― Factotum
“She was desperate and she was choosey
at the same time and, in a way, beautiful, but she didn't have quite enough going for her to become what
she imagined herself to be.”
― Factotum
at the same time and, in a way, beautiful, but she didn't have quite enough going for her to become what
she imagined herself to be.”
― Factotum
“How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so? ”
― Factotum
― Factotum
“People don't need love. What they need is success in one form or another. It can be love but it needn't be.”
― Factotum
― Factotum
Reading Progress
November 1, 2015
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Started Reading
(Other Paperback Edition)
November 1, 2015
– Shelved
(Other Paperback Edition)
November 8, 2015
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Finished Reading
(Other Paperback Edition)
December 3, 2016
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Started Reading
December 3, 2016
– Shelved
December 3, 2016
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Finished Reading
