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

The man with the golden arm

a novel

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  • ★★★★ ★ 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John Clellon Holmes, Mike Royko, Studs Terkel, and Kurt Vonnegut, among others; rare photos by Art Shay; a previously unpublished letter by Algren on the novel's genesis; and an array of critical views, both contemporary and historical."--BOOK JACKET.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
R. Bentley
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
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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
1978, R. Bentley
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Edition Notes

Reprint of the ed. published by Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.

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Cambridge, Mass
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.5/2
Library of Congress
PZ3.A396 Man 1978, PS3501.L4625 Man 1978

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 343 p. ;
Number of pages
343

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4750614M
ISBN 10
0837604257
LCCN
78072524
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1005505

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