Nelson Algren (1909-1981) was one of America's best loved writers, known for his books The Neon Wilderness, The Last Carousel and The Man with the Golden Arm, for which he won the first National Book Award. His non-fiction includes Noncomformity: Writing on Writing. Kurt Vonnegut is the critically acclaimed author of numerous best-sellers, including Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five, which was made into a Hugo Award-winning film.
"The best book to come out of Chicago." - Ernest Hemingway; "Depicts the intensity of feeling, the tawdry but potent dreams, the crude but forceful poetry, and the frustrated longing for human dignity residing in the lives of Poles of Chicago's Northwest Side." - Richard Wright; "Utter sincerity and psychological truth." - The Nation; "A knockout." - The Saturday Review of Literature; "An unusual and brilliant book." - New York Times
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