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', he is an aspiring drummer by day and an illicit card-dealer by night. When he finally sees a chance for redemption, hard work and success, Frankie learns that the demons that chase him are not quite ready to let go. With honesty and compassion, Nelson Algren's critically acclaimed novel probes the lives of the displaced and dispossessed of post-war America. The Man With the ...
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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', he is an aspiring drummer by day and an illicit card-dealer by night. When he finally sees a chance for redemption, hard work and success, Frankie learns that the demons that chase him are not quite ready to let go. With honesty and compassion, Nelson Algren's critically acclaimed novel probes the lives of the displaced and dispossessed of post-war America. The Man With the Golden Arm won the inaugural National Book Award for Fiction and was adapted into a major motion picture starring Frank Sinatra.
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Fair. Noticeably used book. Text is legible but may be soiled and have binding defects. Heavy wear to covers and pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included.
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Algren is often "accused" of being a sentimentalist. So what? This has for decades been one of my favorite novels. Set in the gritty neighborhoods of 1940s Chicago, Algren portrays his characters fondly and comically, but feels for them enormously. As Algren said of the movie version of this book,"I wrote a book about drug addiction and [Preminger] turned it into a movie about Frank Sinatra". But read the book!
