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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.

Features the first UK publication of a foreword by Kurt Vonnegut and an afterword by Studs Terkel.

The Man With the Golden Arm

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    Publisher: Canongate Books
    Publication Date: 12/01/2005
    ISBN13: 9781841955612, 978-1841955612
    ISBN10: 1841955612

    Number of Pages: 480

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    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.

    Features the first UK publication of a foreword by Kurt Vonnegut and an afterword by Studs Terkel.

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