{"product_id":"book-h8jy","title":"The Hated","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Hated by Frederik Pohl - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter space, there was always one more river to cross ... the far side of hatred and murder!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE bar didn't have a name. No name of any kind. Not even an indication that it had ever had one. All it said on the outside was:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCafe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEAT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCocktails\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich doesn't make a lot of sense. But it was a bar. It had a big TV set going ya-ta-ta ya-ta-ta in three glorious colors, and a jukebox that tried to drown out the TV with that lousy music they play. Anyway, it wasn't a kid hangout. I kind of like it. But I wasn't supposed to be there at all; it's in the contract. I was supposed to stay in New York and the New England states.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCafe-EAT-\u003cem\u003eCocktails\u003c\/em\u003e was right across the river. I think the name of the place was Hoboken, but I'm not sure. It all had a kind of dreamy feeling to it. I was-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell, I couldn't even remember going there. I remembered one minute I was downtown New York, looking across the river. I did that a lot. And then I was there. I don't remember crossing the river at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was drunk, you know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYOU know how it is? Double bourbons and keep them coming. And after a while the bartender stops bringing me the ginger ale because gradually I forget to mix them. I got pretty loaded long before I left New York. I realize that. I guess I had to get pretty loaded to risk the pension and all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsed to be I didn't drink much, but now, I don't know, when I have one drink, I get to thinking about Sam and Wally and Chowderhead and Gilvey and the captain. If I don't drink, I think about them, too, and then I take a drink. And that leads to another drink, and it all comes out to the same thing. Well, I guess I said it already, I drink a pretty good amount, but you can't blame me.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49414849134896,"sku":"BDh8jy","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/h8jy-Square-cover.jpg?v=1770775620","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-h8jy","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}