{"product_id":"book-2gqa","title":"The Pleasures of the Damned","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.\"—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.\"—Leonard Cohen, songwriter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Pleasures of the Damned features selected later poetry of Charles Bukowski, America's most influential poet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo his legions of fans, Charles Bukowski was—and remains—a counterculture icon. A hard-drinking wild man of literature, a stubborn outsider to the poetry world, he struck a chord with generations of readers, writing raw, tough poetry about booze, work, and women, that spoke to his fans as \"real\" and, like the work of the Beats, even dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pleasures of the Damned \u003c\/em\u003eis a selection of the best works of Bukowski's later years, edited by John Martin of Black Sparrow Press, including the last of his new, never-before-published poems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":68009286664496,"sku":"ZE2gqa","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":68009286697264,"sku":"ZM2gqa","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook [BD]","offer_id":68009286730032,"sku":"BD2gqa","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2gqa","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}