The Man with the Golden Arm - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Nelson Algren, James R. Giles (Introduction by)Publish date:2023-01-31Pages:360
Language:EnglishPublisher:Seven Stories PressISBN-13:9781644212158ISBN-10:1644212153UPC:9781644212158Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, World Literature, Urban & Street LitBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCF88Z30V8
The Man with the Golden Arm
A novel of rare genius, The Man with the Golden Arm describes the dissolution of a card-dealing WWII veteran named Frankie Machine, caught in the act of slowly cutting his own heart into wafer-thin slices. For Frankie, a murder committed may be the least of his problems. The literary critic Malcolm Cowley called The Man with the Golden Arm "Algren's defense of the individual," while Carl Sandburg...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Seven Stories PressISBN-13:9781644212158ISBN-10:1644212153UPC:9781644212158Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, World Literature, Urban & Street LitBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCF88Z30V8
One of the most neglected American writers and also one of the best loved, NELSON ALGREN wrote once that "literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity." His writings always lived up to that definition. He was born on March 28, 1909, in Detroit and lived mostly in Chicago. His first short fiction was published in Story...
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