{"product_id":"9780061881879_mockingbird-wish-me-luck","title":"Mockingbird Wish Me Luck","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\u003eMockingbird Wish Me Luck captures glimpses of Charles Bukowski's view on life through his poignant poetry: the pain, the hate, the love, and the beauty. He writes of lechery and pain while finding still being able to find its beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the gutter and the stars, seen through the bottom of a glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGritty Realism:\u003c\/b\u003e From skid row bars to racetrack losses and fistfights in cheap rooms, Bukowski documents the lives of the forgotten with unflinching honesty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Los Angeles Laureate:\u003c\/b\u003e Dubbed \"the Walt Whitman of Los Angeles,\" he captures the city’s sun-bleached despair and fleeting moments of grace like no one else.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Singular Voice:\u003c\/b\u003e Direct, conversational, and stripped of pretense, these poems brought everybody \"down to earth, even the angels,\" influencing a generation of writers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBeauty in the Ugly:\u003c\/b\u003e A clear-eyed look at the human condition that explores the depths of lechery and pain while finding moments of unexpected tenderness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Charles Bukowski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46925403390101,"sku":"9780061881879","price":10.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780061881879.jpg?v=1776889764","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780061881879_mockingbird-wish-me-luck","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}