num_pages: 416
description: Nelson Algren lived a life of extremes - from a Texas jail to Sartre's Paris and a love affair with Simone de Beauvoir, Skid Row soup kitchens to Hollywood champagne parties and from public censorship to the National Book Award. This biography coincides with several reissues of his novels.
language: English
title: Nelson Algren: A Life on the Wild Side
titlecomplete: Nelson Algren: A Life on the Wild Side
characters: Nelson Algren
genres: Biography Memoir, Biography
ratings_count: 45
places: Chicago, Illinois
publisher: Univ of Texas Pr