{"product_id":"play-the-piano-paperback","title":"Play the Piano - Paperback","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\u003ePlay the Piano introduces Charles Bukowski's poetry from the 1970s. He leads a life full of gambling and booze but also finds love. These poems are full of lechery and romance as he struggles to mature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo apologies. No punches pulled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eConfessional Poetry: \u003c\/b\u003e Unflinching poems that stare into the mirror at a life of cheap rooms, hard drinking, and harder women.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGritty Realism: \u003c\/b\u003e From the slaughterhouse to the racetrack bar, Bukowski finds the ugly, brutal truth of the everyday.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTender and Vicious: \u003c\/b\u003e A world of bitter arguments and drunken nights, where moments of unexpected love and romance still manage to break through.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Singular Voice: \u003c\/b\u003e The iconic, plain-spoken style that made Charles Bukowski one of the most imitated poets in American literature.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48681872425177,"sku":"9780876854372","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3121\/5065\/files\/9780876854372.jpg?v=1778519477","url":"https:\/\/www.blacknectarbooks.com\/products\/play-the-piano-paperback","provider":"blacknectar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}