{"product_id":"voice-of-the-warm-9781493059805","title":"Voice of the Warm","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his 1960s-1970s heyday, Rod McKuen was a phenomenally popular singer-songwriter as well as the bestselling poet in publishing history. To his legions of fans around the world, he was a voice of compassion and healing, as much a prophet as an author\/entertainer. McKuen songs like If You Go Away and Jean earned him massive hits, while books like \u003ci\u003eListen to the Warm\u003c\/i\u003e sold millions of copies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcKuen''s huge sales and devoted following didn''t stop the critics from calling his work sentimental kitsch cranked out for the money. Who was this enigmatic artist who aroused so much love and hatred? \u003ci\u003eA Voice of the Warm: The Life of Rod McKuen\u003c\/i\u003e is the first-ever biography of one of the 20th century''s most popular and misunderstood pop-culture icons. Drawing upon extensive research and over 100 interviews, author Barry Alfonso tells how McKuen overcame childhood physical and sexual abuse to become a teenage radio host, film actor, and Beat-style poet before connecting with a va","brand":"Hal Leonard Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867318268247,"sku":"9781493059805","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781493059805.jpg?v=1722282765","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/voice-of-the-warm-9781493059805","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}