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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An in-depth portrait of one of America's greatest and most notorious authors. Includes interviews, rare archival footage, and the gritty voice of Nelson Algren himself. Kurt Vonnegut, Studs Terkel, and Algren scholars provide concise literary, social, and historic perspectives.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This definitive biography reclaims Nelson Algren as a towering literary figure and exposes how his radical politics sabotaged his career. For a time, Nelson Algren (1909-1981) was America's most famous author. Millions bought his books; The Man with the Golden Arm, winner of the first National Book Award, was made into a film starring Frank Sinatra. Yet the cause of Algren's decline was never clear. Some said he drank his talent away, others cited...
Author
Language
English
Description
Winner of the first National Book Award in 1950, this modern classic takes us into the gritty underbelly of post-World War II America. It is the story of Frankie Machine, a veteran, drug addict, and card-dealer in an illicit poker game being run in Chicago's Near Northwest Side. Frankie has just returned from the federal prison for narcotics addicts in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was exposed to all the pressures, anxieties, and temptations that...
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