Factotum
Factotum came from Netflix. I watched the making-of featurette.
Also, I saw a preview for Coastlines, and preordered it from Amazon.com.
Coastlines goes with Ruby in Paradise and Yulee's Gold to form
a Northwest Florida triptych.
I'd say Factotum goes with Post Office
and Women to form a Los Angeles triptych.
But then there's Ham
On Rye, and Bukowski's two volumes of letters.
To me, Seedy, Stove-Up,
and T-A-R-D Tired: Three Books About the Writing Life are like Post Office,
Factotum, and Women.
CUSTODIAN, OR, SECRET MASTER is about a particular
dead-end job.
HOUSEHUSBAND, OR, THE KING OF DAILY TYPEWRITING is about a
succession of dead-end jobs. A 35-year succession of them.
And GULF COAST
BLUES: A MONTH IN THE LIFE OF FLORIDA CHRONICLER CONTENDER RAZZ HEAP, THE HAPPIEST
MAN ALIVE is about my domestic arrangements, including kids and grandkids, neighbors
and relatives. A family tradition and a waterman's pride.
These three books
were all "published" at The Daily Bulletin. A Newsletter on the State
of the Culture, or, How To Write World Literature from Parker, Florida.
Ingmar Bergman said, "This is how we make movies in Sweden."
I
say, "This is how I write books in Parker, Florida."
What I'm doing
is heroic. Writing SQUIBS.