{"product_id":"the-pleasures-of-the-damned-poems-1951-1993","title":"The Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993","description":"\u003cp\u003e“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pleasures of the Damned features selected later poetry of Charles Bukowski, America’s most influential poet.\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\u003eThe Pleasures of the Damned is 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":"Charles Bukowski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52088716984633,"sku":"9780061228445","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/8833\/2601\/files\/9780061228445.jpg?v=1775571245","url":"https:\/\/rebellionbookstore.com\/products\/the-pleasures-of-the-damned-poems-1951-1993","provider":"Rebellion Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}