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.
Nelson Algren
Nelson Algren, a renowned American writer, is best known for his novel "The Man with the Golden Arm," which explores the gritty underbelly of urban life. His raw and gritty writing style captured the struggles of marginalized individuals in post-war America, making him a key figure in 20th-century American literature.
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