finished this today. easily the weakest bukowski among the novels about the life of the chinaski character. chinaski has resigned from the postal service and is now a full time poet and writer. he goes for sold out readings of his work where he gets full houses. and finally his sex life is looking up. the book is mostly about the sexual encounters of the chinaski (now a writer with a cult following) character with a variety of women. the sex scenes were pretty boring and bukowski didnt get the humor right during those parts. though some of the conversations are hilarious. but there is a lot of social commentary between all the sex which is as good as anything in FACTOTUM, POST OFFICE or HAM ON RYE. the structure of the novel is a lot like FACTOTUM. in FACTOTUM, every chapter finds chinaski in a new job. in WOMEN, every chapter finds chinaski wooing or getting wooed by a new woman. like i said, it is not the best bukowski but it is very very readable. bukowski is audacious. here is man who really doesnt give a fuck
(6/10)
(6/10)