Chinaski is sent to hell, and the moment he steps on the bridge to cross into hades he self-immolates.
Chinaski is sent to hell, and halfway over the bridge to cross into hades he's handed the assignment Devil's Postman.
Chinaski is sent to hell, and the moment he crosses the bridge into hades Sartre grabs and enthusiastically greets him with a big sloppy kiss on the mouth, so Chin slaps him, so Sartre slaps him back, so Chin slaps him again—and so begins the War of the Poses.
Chinaski is sent to hell, and the first thing he does after crossing the bridge into hades and dispensing with Sartre is to head into the bar, get drunk, and start a fistfight with Max, the bartender from hell, which Chin will later realize into a movie starring W.C. Fields and Marilyn Monroe.
Chinaski is sent to hell, and the first thing that happens after he comes out of the bar from hell is to send the autograph hounds running off with their bright red pointed tails between their legs.
Chinaski is sent to hell, and three days later he has everybody singing.
Chinaski is sent to hell, and five days after crossing the bridge into hades he has written 150 poems which are immediately published, and the French intellectual quarter of hell awards him their highest prize: The Lewis (Sartre abstaining, still recouperating).
Chinaski is sent to hell, and right after being awarded The Lewis, Celíne takes him aside and whispers in his ear '… '