Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic henry chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, ch...Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic henry chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last.