Author: Nelson Algren
Edition: 50 Anv
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1583220089
The Man with the Golden Arm (50th Anniversary Edition): 50th Anniversary Critical Edition
The Man with the Golden Arm is Nelson Algren's most powerful and enduring work. Get The Man with the Golden Arm (50th Anniversary Edition) literature books for free.
On the 50th anniversary of its publication in November 1949, for which Algren was honored with the first National Book Award (which he received from none other than Eleanor Roosevelt at a ceremony in March 1950), Seven Stories is proud to release the first critical edition of an Algren work.
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 slices. For Frankie, a murder committed may be the least of his problems.
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