Someone here mentioned him, and I remembered my reading Women.

Solid example of how having high value can land you hot pussy with minimal effort. He had some pretty disturbing experiences and displayed a mixture of alpha and beta responses/behaviour towards this Lydia slut, but the OTHER women are what's pertinent here.

He got laid just by virtue of existing. Women were sending him pictures of themselves and asking him to fuck them. He'd go for readings of his book, and if girls weren't jumping on him, people would set up girls to fuck him. As he said himself, Hank Chinaski was an old fuck. 6'0, 220 lbs, with a slouch. He was at the airport, with a Bloody Mary, waiting for a hot barely legal red head who was on her way to fuck him.

Actually, not sure if I've got the red head mixed up with the rich Hollywood lady who had the kid who could fry his eggs, and who was flying him around.

Also, I like his style. Write till you're out of booze/pass out.

Worth noting that Hank Moody was apparently based on Hank Chinaski...except that he's generally more PC/pleases a wider audience, and better looking, which may or may not have something to do with how much people care about his occasional asshole-ness. Bukowski was far from a pretty boy. And unlike Moody, when he was broke, he really was broke. No living in 5 star hotels and driving a Porsche.