This is a master work of tremendous power. Baskous brought everything to this story. What does Christian Baskous bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book? The subtext of this novel is "I can't believe she came all this way to fuck a guy as ugly as me!" His wonder at his own power to command the attention of women from all over the world is childlike, as if his juvenile yet authentic (and autobiographical) scribblings were getting an A grade from the sexiest teacher in the whole seventh grade. What makes this novel "not" pornography is Bukowski's surprise that his art inspires hot young women to seek him out for sex. Be ready for some words you don't hear often except on premium cable tv. Like all of Bukowski's work, "Women" is raw in its narrative style with frank descriptions of the hero's sexual acts. Baskous did his homework with regard to Bukowski's voice and mannerisms. Baskous turned in an astonishing performance of this almost pornographic novel - it is clear to the knowledgeable fan of Bukowski's work that Mr. "Women" ranks very high on the list of audiobooks I have listened to, though it was kind of rough slogging. Where does Women rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? This guy spends the whole book sounding hungover and grumpy. And I think that’s what makes Women an interesting read even if it did get quite repetitive in places. It’s somewhere in that grey area that lie truly interesting characters. How can you call someone a woman hater who also so clearly LOVES women emphatically. I think it would be too easy to look at how Chinaski treats women, and dismiss him as a misogynist. His attitude to women is also a bit of an enigma. There’s a gritty honesty, an acerbic wit, and a couldn’t-give-a-fuck-what-anyone-else-thinks approach to life that I can’t help admiring and envying in people like this. I know I’m supposed be repelled by him, but he’s one of those enigmas a character who is repulsive yet also possesses an odd magnetic charm. The protagonist, Henry Chinaski is a womanising drunk. Yet there was something alluring about it also, and it dipped in and out of places that had a lot more depth than some old drunk fucking yet another notch on a bed post. But I just found that one sexual encounter after another got a bit repetitive and sometimes boring. I think if I read this when I was much younger, I might have found it a bit rebellious and exciting.
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