Barfly plot
"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead."
A poet and alcoholic, Henry Chinaski spends his days in the pub. One day he meets Wanda. She is also an alcoholic, and Henry falls in love with her. For a moment it seems that Henry's poems are becoming successful, but his fame is short-lived. It becomes clear to the two that they really only have one goal in life, and that is to drink and leave the outside world for what it is.