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by Charles Bukowski (Author) "I was 50 years old and hadn't been to bed with a woman for four years ..." (more)
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Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last. Now, at fifty, he is reveling in his sudden rock-star life, running three hundred hangovers a year, and maintaining a sex life that would cripple Casanova.

With all of Bukowski's trademark humor and gritty, dark honesty, this 1978 follow-up to Post Office and Factotum is an uncompromising account of life on the edge.

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Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A filty sordid classic -- one of his best., Jun 21 2009
By R. Williams (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Women: A Novel (Paperback)
Bukowski goes below the gut over and over and over in this tale of a writer living the highs of the low life.

Celebrated Poet Henry Chinaski loves to drink, gamble and have sex with any woman that will have him, much like Bukowski himself. The semi-autobiographical story is a gritty, pull-no-punches account filled with some of his most memorable, psychotic characters.

Bukowski's writing style is simple and raw, yet compelling and honest. He is graphic and leaves nothing to the imagination. Some of stories in Women are laugh out loud funny, while some are downright depressing.

If you are easily offended, stay away from this, and practically everything else Bukowski ever published.

If, on the other hand, you are wondering why Bukowski is so highly regarded, this is a great place to start since it is easily one of his best novels (it's my personal favourite), but be forewarned -- once you become a fan you will want to read everything he ever wrote.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very, very good novel, Sep 1 2008
By Benjamin Anderson (Fredericton, NB CAN) - See all my reviews
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Bukowski's Women is a truly hilarious novel that, while rich in characters, does not truly develop what is shown. Too often do characters pop in and then vanish. But, truthfully, that's the point of this bildungsroman with a 60 year old character. It drags a bit but the clever sections dealing with writing, love and life are absolutely letter perfect. Not as good as Ham on Rye or Post Office but still hilarious.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It Really Made Me Laugh, July 4 2004
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Women by Charles Bukowski is definitely a book worth owning, if you don't mind the kind of book that is often a little vulgar, raw, and yes "real." The story revolves, of course, around Buk's relationships with women, and the accounts themselves are totally hilarious and side-splitting. It's also one of those rare accounts of a man "past his prime" taking a final stab at the game of romance. It starts out with an account of Chinaski admitting he's a "loser." Dig this: "I was 50 years old and hadn't been to bed with a woman for four years...the idea of having a relationship with a woman -- even on non-sexual terms -- was beyond my imagination." Right then, from page one, I was hooked. The book then proceeds to show his disastrous attempts at altering this situation -- and the results are just hilarious! And it's the humor that makes this novel work. Next to The Losers Club by Richard Perez, which is also about relationships and the humiliation of daily life, Women by Charles Bukowski is by far the most fun I've had reading this year! Buy it!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting at first, but soon becomes repetitive
Written in first-person, Women by Charles Bukowski starts off interest, but soon you realise that that the protagonist's life consists of two main things: drinking and women... Read more
Published 1 month ago by SH

5.0 out of 5 stars Great
My first Bukowski book was "Post Office." That set me off in search for all of Bukowski's books: "Factotum" and now "Women." What can I say? Read more
Published on May 23 2006 by Sadie J.

5.0 out of 5 stars With wine comes truth
Bukowski is the king of seedy, dark honesty. He releases the drunk bumb in all of us and doesn't make us feel guilty about it. Read more
Published on Jun 28 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars So pure, intense and brave
I think H. C. Bukowski is one of the best writers of the century. When I read a book, the first sentence is very important for me. Read more
Published on April 18 2004 by Basar Tuncel

5.0 out of 5 stars Bukowski lets it all out
There's no writer I enjoy more than Bukowski and reading him is like belong to a skid-row club, totally relaxing, huge laughs; he's like a literary comedian who can cut through... Read more
Published on Mar 19 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars Good...Not Great
This book is full of the classic Bukowski wit and humor, and continues to push the envelope as only Buk can. Read more
Published on Mar 10 2004 by Donald Chewms

5.0 out of 5 stars lots of loving....
I should start by saying that i am an unashamed fan of Bulowski's work and i have read just about all of it. Read more
Published on Feb 25 2004 by marty mcfly

5.0 out of 5 stars Women, Love, Life...Bukowski Style!
For those of you who are interested in the writings of one of the best modern American writers, Bukowski is your only choice. Read more
Published on Dec 22 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars a mans MAN[ inferno]
no one alive hes DEAD can write SOeasy to digest AWFUL things told in BRAGGARD RIGHTS,maybe tongue in cheek firm planted ZOWERS, TO DOWNERS the mind of SHALLOW, squaters rights,on... Read more
Published on Nov 9 2003 by david

5.0 out of 5 stars Hardcore Bukowski!
As usual, Bukowski holds nothing back, recounting his relationships with a curious array of female fringe-dwellers. Read more
Published on Oct 16 2003

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