description: With its depiction of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, "A Walk on the Wild Side" tells, in Algren's own words, "something about the natural toughness of women and men, in that order".
language: English
title: A Walk on the Wild Side
titlecomplete: A Walk on the Wild Side
characters: Dove Linkhorn
genres: Fiction, American, Literary Fiction, The United States Of America, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Crime
ratings_count: 1491
places: New Orleans, Louisiana
awards: awardedAt: -410198400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Peter Smith Publisher