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You're all so sure of yourselves but you won't take the time to read the book. Read chapter 51, pages 229 (at the bottom) through 230. (Published by Harper Collins).

In Ham on Rye, Bukowski squeezed all of the pretense out of his life. This pretense is the "ham". See Chapter 51 where Hank says that Becker claimed Thomas Wolfe as an influence but he didn't wail and ham it up. Referring to Becker's writing, Hank says that the emotion was there but it wasn't...