{"product_id":"the-pleasures-of-the-damned","title":"The Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993 by Charles Bukowski","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":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42914764390640,"sku":"9780061228445","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/files\/9780061228445.jpg?v=1747802138","url":"https:\/\/landmark-booksellers.myshopify.com\/products\/the-pleasures-of-the-damned","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}