The Man With The Golden Arm Av Nelson Algren

<p>The Man with the Golden Arm tells the story of Frankie Machine, the golden arm dealer at a back street Chicago gambling den. Frankie reckons he''s a tough guy in the Chicago underworld but finds that he''s not tough enough to kick his heroin addiction. With consummate skill and a finely-tuned ear for the authentic dialogue of the backstreets, Algren lays bare the tragedy and humour of Frankie''s world.<br><br>Features the first UK publication of a foreword by Kurt Vonnegut and an afterword by Studs Terkel.</p>