The man with the golden arm
by Nelson Algren
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"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John Clellon Holmes, Mike Royko, Studs Terkel, and Kurt Vonnegut, among others; rare photos by Art Shay; a previously unpublished letter by Algren on the novel's genesis; and an array of critical views, both contemporary and historical."--BOOK JACKET.
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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, PortraitsPeople
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The man with the golden arm
1999, Seven Stories Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
in English
- 50th anniversary critical ed.
1583220089 9781583220085
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