{"product_id":"9781939130044","title":"The Flowers of Evil, Volume 8","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlowers of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e tells the tangled tale of Takao Kasuga, a shy middle-school boy who falls in love with one girl and ends up being blackmailed by another in rural central Japan. Throughout a series of catastrophic adventures, Takao remains absorbed by French poet Charles Baudelaire's \u003ci\u003eLes fleurs du mal \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Flowers of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e), which becomes the key to this engaging, wide-ranging narrative of romance and revelation. Readers have been charmed and captivated by this all-too-credible, yet often outrageous, story of awkward, young love. \u003ci\u003eFlowers of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e creator Shuzo Oshimi was recognized as one of the most gifted of the younger generation of manga artists, and in 2001 received the Tetsuya Chiba Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kodansha USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048714617072,"sku":"9781939130044","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939130044_p0.jpg?v=1763664426","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939130044","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}