Women (8)

Women
Charles Bukowski
Read 3/24/09

This winter I purchased all six of Bukowski’s novels. I have read the first 3, but will want to read them again. Women is the next book in order to read. This looks at Bukowski’s life in the early 70’s after he was a writer and starting to enjoy some celebrity. He still lives in L.A., and not in the best part. Still drinking heavily, and still writing. What is different is he is not broke all the time, and he has a steady stream of women who want to be with him. It doesn’t hurt that this is in the middle of the sexual revolution and it seems that everybody is sleeping with everyone. He tends to favor the psychos and broken down women, he can’t seem to care enough to actually have a relationship, even though a few women seem to genuinely like him. He said if he had to choose between drinking and women, he would give up women… so that puts in all in perspective.