Notes of a Dirty Old Man Chapter Summary & Analysis - Section 3 and Section 4 Summary

Section 3 and Section 4 Summary and Analysis

Section 3 begins on page 20 with the words, "it was hot in there." Bukowski begins this story by noting the heat in the room. He wakes up on a couch, vomits until the cup is full, and continues to vomit in a large pot someone brings. He walks into the bathroom, where he finds two men naked, where one is lathering the other's penis and scrotum with shaving lotion. Bukowski drinks two more beers, and presumes he is in North Hollywood. He speaks with a man named Jack, who informs him he is in Pasadena. He walks behind a curtain to find an orgy of mostly gay men, and pulls away as one grasps his scrotum. He finds a woman in the small room, and begins to make love to her when a man enters him from behind. Bukowski leaves, and...
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