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Women is a novel written by Charles Bukowski. It is a semi-autobiographical account of the character, Henry Chinaski. Summary of the Book Unlike Bukowski’s previous works like Factotum, Ham on Rye, and Post Office, Women depicts the later life of the protagonist, Chinaski. He is now an acclaimed writer and poet, not a lowlife anymore. But what remains the same is the continuous merry-go-round with women, with whom he finds only fleeting moments of completion. Most of the female characters described in this book, including Lydia Vance and Tanya, are based on the real-life women that the author himself had encountered in his life. About Charles Bukowski Charles Bukowski was a German-born American novelist, poet, and short story writer, whose work mainly addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans. He was even called a “laureate of American lowlife” by Time. Some of his famous works include: Pulp, Hollywood, The Most Beautiful Woman in Town, Tales of Ordinary Madness, and Notes of a Dirty Old Man.