The man with the golden arm
a novel
About this book
"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John Clellon Holmes, Mike Royko, Studs Terkel, and Kurt Vonnegut, among others; rare photos by Art Shay; a previously unpublished letter by Algren on the novel's genesis; and an array of critical views, both contemporary and historical."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
- american fiction (fictional works by one author)
- award:national_book_award=1950
- award:national_book_award=fiction
- chicago (ill.), fiction
- city and town life
- city and town life in fiction
- criminals
- criminals, fiction
- criminals in fiction
- drug addicts
- fiction
- fiction, city life
- fiction, general
- fiction, urban
- gamblers
- gamblers in fiction
- gambling
- gambling in fiction
- heroin
- inner cities
- morphine abuse
- morphine abuse in fiction
- morphine habit
- morphine habit in fiction
- national book award winner
- polish americans
- poor
- portraits
- social life and customs