I managed to finish the 290 pages of this book over five days and this was the second book I have read for the same author. Women talks about the author experiences with women during a set period of time, but he uses aliases in his book instead of real names of the ladies. This novel shows an older bukowski, and is unlike Post Office, which was more vibrant.

The first 120 plus pages of the book are very good, especially parts where Lydia is mentioned, the ultimate psychotic lover from Hell. I am lucky that I have not met anyone like her before, nor do I wish anyone to meet anyone like her. Her character was based on Linda King, an american poet and sculptor, who was his girlfriend in the early 70s. She is my favorite character in the book though, and you feel her presence missing as the latter parts of the book talk more about other women, and as it almost ends, it basically just talks about him having sex, drinking and meeting women.

This book is more self-centered, and I did not enjoy it like the previous one, however it was still an interesting read about his exploits and it does has many funny lines and parts. I would recommend reading it to get the full perspective of his triology.

Here is a link of top 10 Charles Bukowski quotes sent to me by Nibaq (link).

I still have a few more books to finish, and it will be one long summer

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