num_pages: 467
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Man with the Golden Arm
titlecomplete: The Man with the Golden Arm
characters: Sophie Majcinek, Molly Novotny, Niftie Louie Fomorowsky, Frankie Majcinek, Sparrow Saltskin
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Crime, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Noir, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 2966
places: Chicago, Illinois
awards: awardedAt: -631123200000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Canongate