{"product_id":"ham-on-rye-a-novel-isbn-9780061177583","title":"Ham on Rye: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Wordsworth, Whitman, William Carlos Williams, and the\u003cbr\u003eBeats in their respective generations moved poetry toward a more natural\u003cbr\u003elanguage. Bukowski moved it a little farther.” –\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski\u003cbr\u003edetails the long, lonely years of his own hardscrabble youth in the raw voice\u003cbr\u003eof alter ego Henry Chinaski. From a harrowingly cheerless childhood in Germany\u003cbr\u003ethrough acne-riddled high school years and his adolescent discoveries of\u003cbr\u003ealcohol, woman, and the Los Angeles Public Library's collection of D.H. Lawrence,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHam on Rye\u003c\/em\u003e offers a crude, brutal, and savagely funny portrait of an\u003cbr\u003eoutcast's coming-of-age during the desperate days of the Great Depression.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely years of his own hardscrabble youth in the raw voice of alter ego Henry Chinaski. From a harrowingly cheerless childhood in Germany through acne-riddled high school years and his adolescent discoveries of alcohol, woman, and the Los Angeles Public Library's collection of D.H. Lawrence, \u003cem\u003eHam on Rye\u003c\/em\u003e offers a crude, brutal, and savagely funny portrait of an outcast's coming-of-age during the desperate days of the Great Depression.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“The poet laureate of sour alleys and dark bars, of racetracks and long shots.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There is real poignancy in the people encountered in Bukowski’s work.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A prolific poet . . . a popular, accessible, and yes, great artist.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonard Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bukowski is the laureate of the Los Angeles underground, an eccentric who sees the world with a clarity of vision possessed only by artists and madmen.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888261198053,"sku":"NP9780061177583","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061177583.jpg?v=1730228659","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/ham-on-rye-a-novel-isbn-9780061177583","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}