Books by Nelson Algren

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 ... More

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The fiction and reportage included in The Last Carousel, one of the final collections published during Nelson Algren's lifetime, was written on ships ... More

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Frankie Machine, a veteran of the Second World War, returns to Chicago's Northwest side with a morphine habit. Nicknamed the 'kid with the golden arm ... More

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Dove Findhorn is a naive country boy who busts out of Hicksville, Texas in pursuit of a better life in New Orleans. Amongst the downtrodden ... More

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Ernest Hemingway once said of Nelson Algren's writing that "you should not read it if you cannot take a punch." The prose poem, "Chicago: City on the ... More

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Never Come Morning is unique among the novels of Algren. The author's only romance, the novel concerns Brun Bicek, a would-be pub from Chicago's ... More

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Algren's last novel, based on the life of boxer and death row inmate Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.

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Originally published in 1935, this novel looks at America during the Depression of the 1930s. The story follows the adventures of Texas-born Cass ... More

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Nelson Algren takes on Hemingway and the world in his famous travel essays.

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In this major, posthumous work, the winner of the First National Book Award presents an illuminating, highly quotable essay on the craft of writing, ... More

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Larry McMurtry once wrote that Nelson Algren held the best literary claim to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, though few people realize that "the poet ... More

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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 ... More

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A treasure trove of unpublished writings, including a lost unfinished novel, to honor Nelson Algren's centennial birthday.

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Called "intimate, intelligent, and sincere" by "The New Yorker, " the more than 300 love letters written by Beauvoir to Algren after their love-at ... More

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Including contributions by Russell Banks, Bettina Drew, James R Giles, Lee Stringer, Studs Terkel, and Kurt Vonnegut, this first critical edition of ... More

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