Women: A Novel
by Charles Bukowski
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Author: Charles BukowskiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-27
ISBN: 0061177598
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Ecco
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Book Review: Raw and uncouth like Bukowski himself -FANTASTIC!
Summary: 5 Stars
As of late I've been reading a lot of Bukowski. The man just grows on you. This novel is perhaps my favorite of the six that he wrote during his lifetime. I like it because of the life that Buk painted for himself. Not one of rich and royal hue by any means but a rather sordid lifestyle that always seemed to follow him and sure enough was a lifestyle that he approved and glorified. Bukowski's language is the best part of the book (for me atleast)I can really identify with every aspect of his love life - a few on and off relationships and countless one-night stands. Mr. Bukowski is a gifted writer as he is a poet. I highly recommend this novel and all of his books for that matter to anyone that has or has had the slightest interest in wanting to know more how dysfunctional, shallow, corrupt and visceral our society has become, this book is for you. Although this is a non-fictional account of the many women in his life, it is also a great piece of writing. I read this book from cover to cover in one sitting, I couldn't put it down and I don't think you will either if you get the chance to read it. Charles Bukowski -the Poet Laureate of Skid Row - as he was called was nontheless one of America's greatest writers and literary icons of the 20th century. Go to the bookstore and pick up this book and a few of his others - some of his most famous books that I recommend you read are: Post Office (his first novel) Factotum, Ham on Rye, Hollywood, Women (of course, you can't miss this one -classic Bukowski). Love is a Dog from Hell, The Captain is out to Lunch and The Sailors have taken over the Ship and Pulp (the last novel he wrote shortly before his demise) to name a few. Go and read Bukowski, you'll be glad you did. I can't recommend him enough. One of my favorite writers indeed.
Summary of Women: A Novel
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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