A review by nomnombookies
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski

4.0

"What a weary time those years were-to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability."

Everybody's pretending. Pretending that their lives are good, their relationships are going well, that they like you. I'm not a fan of it. I've been vocal against the pretending for some time now. Don't waste my time with your fiction. Then I read Ham on Rye. One question for you, Charles Bukowski: "Could you just pretend a little?"