{"product_id":"ham-on-rye-a-novel","title":"Ham on Rye: A Novel","description":"“Wordsworth, Whitman, William Carlos Williams, and the\nBeats in their respective generations moved poetry toward a more natural\nlanguage. Bukowski moved it a little farther.” –Los Angeles Times Book Review\n\nIn what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski\ndetails the long, lonely years of his own hardscrabble youth in the raw voice\nof alter ego Henry Chinaski. From a harrowingly cheerless childhood in Germany\nthrough acne-riddled high school years and his adolescent discoveries of\nalcohol, woman, and the Los Angeles Public Library's collection of D.H. Lawrence,\nHam on Rye offers a crude, brutal, and savagely funny portrait of an\noutcast's coming-of-age during the desperate days of the Great Depression.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 006117758X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.006117758X.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Bukowski, Charles\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41614412939322,"sku":"DBV.006117758X.A","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/006117758X-0.jpg?v=1787804281","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/ham-on-rye-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}