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The man with the golden arm

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An edition of The man with the golden arm: a novel (1949)

The man with the golden arm

a novel.

[1st ed.]

by

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.50 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 16 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

"A novel of rare genius, The Man with the Golden Arm has been called "Algren's most satisfying work." It describes the dissolution of a card-dealing WWII veteran named Frankie Machine, caught in the act of slowly cutting his own heart into water-thin slices. For Frankie, a murder committed may be the least of his problems.".

"In this first critical edition of an Algren work, Algren's novel is joined by reminiscences from John Clellon Holmes, Mike Royko, Studs Terkel, and Kurt Vonnegut, among others; rare photos by Art Shay; a previously unpublished letter by Algren on the novel's genesis; and an array of critical views, both contemporary and historical."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Doubleday
Language
English
Pages
343

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Subjects
Fiction, Criminals, City and town life in fiction, City and town life, Criminals in fiction, Gamblers in fiction, Gamblers, Morphine abuse in fiction, Morphine abuse, Morphine habit in fiction, Morphine habit, Gambling, Gambling in fiction, National Book Award Winner, award:national_book_award=1950, award:national_book_award=fiction, Poor, Inner cities, Social life and customs, Fiction, urban, Chicago (ill.), fiction, Criminals, fiction, Fiction, city life, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Polish Americans, Drug addicts
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Nelson Algren (1909-)
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Chicago (Ill.), Illinois, Chicago

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The man with the golden arm
1999, Seven Stories Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
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The Man with the golden arm
1998, Rebel Inc
in English
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The man with the golden arm
1996, Seven Stories Press
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The man with the golden arm
1990, Four Walls Eight Windows
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The man with the golden arm: a novel.
1949, Doubleday
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Published in
Garden City, N.Y
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ3.A396 Man, PS3501.L4625 Man, PS3501.L4625 M35 1950

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Hardcover
Pagination
343 p.
Number of pages
343

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OL6050268M
LCCN
49010533
OCLC/WorldCat
18248113, 565975
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27395

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