“TheWaltWhitmanofLosAngeles.“--JoyceCarolOates,bestsellingauthor“Hebroughteverybodydowntoearth,eventheangels.“--LeonardCohen,songwriterLow-lifewriterandunrepentantalcoholicHenryChinaskiwasborntosurvive.Afterdecadesofslackingoffatlow-payingdead-endjobs,blowinghiscashonboozeandwomen,andscrimpingbyinflea-bittenapartments,Chinaskiseeshispoeticstarrisingatlast.Now,atfifty,heisrevelinginhissuddenrock-starlife,runningthreehundredhangoversayear,andmaintainingasexlifethatwouldcrippleCasanova.WithallofCharlesBukowski’strademarkhumorandgritty,darkhonesty,Women,the1978follow-uptoPostOfficeandFactotum,isanuncompromisingaccountoflifeontheedge.
