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Women [Paperback]

Charles Bukowski (Author)
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Publication Date: 8 Jan 2009

YOU CAN TAKE THE MAN OUT OF THE GUTTER, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE GUTTER OUT OF THE MAN

Low life writer and alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. Now, at the age of fifty, he is living the life of a rock star, running three hundred hangovers a year and a sex life that would cripple Casanova. Women is a riotous and uncompromisingly vivid account of life on the edge.

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Virgin Books (8 Jan 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0753518147
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753518144
  • Product Dimensions: 13 x 2.4 x 19.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1A poem about love and pain. - Los Angeles Times

2A laureate of American low life. - Time

3One of those writers whom each new reader discovers with a transgressive thrill - New Yorker

4The ultimate Bukowski novel, packed with hilarious episodes - Uncut

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The bestselling classic novel repackaged with an introduction by Barry Miles, author of the definitive Bukowski biography
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Genius 29 May 2010
By M W GREEN
Format:Paperback
Bukowski is the greatest writer of all time and this is probably his best book. The writing is raw, sparse and hits the perfect note. Above all, it is utterly hilarious. Told in the form of a diary, this book doesn't need a well thought out plot, it simply lets you into the life of a drunk, dirty old man with an amazing gift for witty observations and pitch-perfect comic timing. You get the sense that his life is like this before the book started and it will continue when the book has finished - Bukowski has simply let the reader into a time when he was doing alright for himself.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Sorry Buko but a bit... boring 26 Sep 2007
By S. J. Lynch
Format:Paperback
I popped my Bukowski cherry with Post Office and was enthralled, and my enchantment lasted through Ham on Rye, his short story collections, Pulp and some poetry collections. Most recently I read the excellent biography Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life. It's not like I am unfamiliar with the themes and style of Mr B is what I'm saying. But Women really turned me off. It's the emptiness I guess. Even in Post Office, even when he's at his lowest ebb, there's a vitality there which crackles and a tenderness, a human quality which is touching. That is absent in Women, and the drunk but interesting Chinaski is now the drunk but boring man you wish would go away and stop droning on. Same same same. Also the sheer amount of conquests is unbelievable. Maybe some women are drawn to fat ugly men with good legs, a jaded world view and serious drink problem. Even the lack of respect he habitually shows for most of these women is shallow and so unbelievable (though the women most of the time don't set themselves up for respect). It's like my uncle trying to be sexy and cool (no offence uncle m!) and failing miserably. There is no depth to any of it, no passion, no truth (and as a poet you need truth), no insight. I'm constantly reminded of a grumpy old man who wrinkles his nose at dirt and wishes to keep his hands clean - a trouser folder. This is especially true after reading the biography and accessing a clearer picture of the real Bukowski.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Women, Love, Life...Bukowski Style!, 26 Mar 2004
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
For those of you who are interested in the writings of one of the best modern American writers, Bukowski is your only choice. This, much like all of Bukowski's books, is almost entirely auto-biographical. The name is Henry Chinaski, he was a postman, he was a gambler, and now he focuses on his lovelife in WOMEN.

It's hard to get into the actual content of this book because Bukowski's books don't follow plotlines and simple three act structures. This book is simply an incredibly detailed look into Bukowski's relationships with women. From a woman who is loaded with cash to a nymphomaniac who is very violent, to a woman that has his child and then ...I'll let you get to that.

He gives very intimate and explicit accounts of experience as well as his inability to maintain a regular relationship with a female. Critics view this as bad writing, but I find it to be a very good account of the human condition, the inability of many to remain monogamous and the attempts by many to change the people the love, or at least claim to love. This a great book. I agree with another reviewer who also recommended THE LOSERS' CLUB by Richard Perez. These 2 books are my favorite recent Amazon purchases!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Drunken Clouseau
This is the first Bukowski that I've read, apart from a few of his poems, and I loved it from the first sentence. Read more
Published 1 month ago by J. Rottweiller Swinburne
3.0 out of 5 stars Love this dirty old man.
I love Bukowski and I love his prose but WOMEN is a tough book to love, not because of his treatment of the fairer sex I've read worse but because of the repetition. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dave
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book...
Brilliant book. The master of dirty realism/transgressive fiction - he came before the likes of Morton Bain, Chuck Palahniuk and Michel Houellebecq. Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. Craven
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
This book is brilliant. It highlights the viewpoint of beat writer Charles Bukowski of his inability to properly connect with the opposite sex. Read more
Published 3 months ago by stavros
4.0 out of 5 stars really funny!
I always wanted to read Bukowski, but somehow it never happened yet. When I told a friend that I read Nick Cave's Bunny Munroe he said that I have to read Bukowski first to fully... Read more
Published 9 months ago by dannyspencer
5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the Best
Women is probably the best book by Charles Bukowski, featuring Henry Chinasky at his best, grown up and not afraid to conquer every piece of woman that stands on his sight. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Pen Name
4.0 out of 5 stars Women women everywhere
Lots of reviewers seem to think that this book gives an unrealistic view of women.

However I think the point with this book is that Chinaksi realises the situation is... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Scarficus
5.0 out of 5 stars A haunting memoir
Bukowski was often accused of misogyny, and while some poems and stories do suggest such an attitude, Women struck me as a tender novel with three-dimensional female characters. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jack Heslop
5.0 out of 5 stars I've read the rest now here's the best.
Couldn't put this book down once I started reading, nitty, gritty, seedy, brutal and red raw. I've read Ham on rye and post office, but Bukowski's 'Women' really hit a nerve with... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Pebbles
5.0 out of 5 stars Hillarious, Bukowski at his best!
After reading Post Office (in which I enjoyed) my friend Dan gave me this one to read in which I found was alot funnier. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Nathan Strange
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