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    1 year ago

    yes but a factotum is a person who does general, menial jobs, and Bukowski was writing about his (assumed true) experience finding work after being rejected for thrww1 the WW2 draft. (EDIT: typo)

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      11 year ago

      It was WWII, and I don’t know if he actually got rejected, the end of Ham on Rye implies he just didn’t register.