{"product_id":"hot-water-music-9780876855966","title":"Hot Water Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith his characteristic raw and minimalist style, Charles Bukowski takes us on a walk through his side of town in \u003cem\u003eHot Water Music\u003c\/em\u003e. He gives us little vignettes of depravity and lasciviousness, bite sized pieces of what is both beautiful and grotesque.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories in \u003cem\u003eHot Water Music\u003c\/em\u003e dash around the worst parts of town - a motel room stinking of sick, a decrepit apartment housing a perpetually arguing couple, a bar tended by a skeleton - and depict the darkest parts of human existence. Bukowski talks simply and profoundly about the underbelly of the working class without raising judgement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the way he writes about sex, relationships, writing, and inebriation, Bukowski sets the bar for irreverent art - his work inhabits the basest part of the mind and the most extreme absurdity of the everyday. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780876855966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 5.65w x 0.61d","brand":"Charles Bukowski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36645553242268,"sku":"9780876855966","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0dd41307-c907-4324-8e96-60ee8bfb73c0.jpg?v=1603861428","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hot-water-music-9780876855966","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}