Nelson Algren

  • The Man with the Golden Arm

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    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 sl… [more below]

    • Author: Algren, Nelson
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 360
    • Publish Date: January 31 2023
    • ISBN10: 1644212153
    • Language: English
  • The Neon Wilderness

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    As rock and roll novelist Tom Carson writes in his introduction, “The Neon Wilderness is the pivotal book of Nelson Algren’s career–the one which bid a subdued but determined farewell to everything t… [more below]

    • Author: Algren, Nelson
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: October 10 2023
    • ISBN10: 1644212161
    • Language: English
  • A Walk on the Wild Side

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    With its depictions of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, Nelson Algren’s A Walk in the Wild Side has found a plac

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    • Author: Algren, Nelson
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: June 24 1998
    • ISBN10: 0374525323
    • Language: English
  • Chicago: City on the Make: Sixtieth Anniversary Edition

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    “Once you’ve become a part of this particular patch, you’ll never love another. Like loving a woman with a broken nose, you may well find lovelier lovelies. But never a lovely so real.”

    Ernest Hemingw

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    • Author: Algren, Nelson
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 152
    • Publish Date: October 15 2011
    • ISBN10: 0226013863
    • Language: English
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