Women Summary
Charles Bukowski

Women Summary

Henry Chinaski is an aging white male alcoholic who gains fame as a poet. He performs various readings, pursues alcohol with a vengeance, and meets various people along the way. Henry finds men largely uninteresting and chooses to focus nearly all of his attention on women and for Henry, women equate nearly entirely with sexual intercourse. Over the course of the novel Henry describes sexual relationships with a variety of women...

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