Nelson Algren

Nelson Algren was an American writer. His 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm won the National Book Award and was adapted as the 1955 film of the same name.

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The Man With the Golden Arm

by Nelson Algren

Fiction

Literary Fiction

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In post-war Chicago, a morphine-addicted drummer with a 'golden arm' for cards fights his demons and a relentless past for a chance at a new life with an old flame.