num_pages: 286
description: The Neon Wilderness is the vein Algren mined for all his subsequent novels and stories. Included are "A Bottle of Milk for Mother", about a youth being cornered for a murder; "The Face on the Barroom Floor", in which a legless man nearly pummels someone to death; and his first story, "So Help Me".
language: English
title: The Neon Wilderness
titlecomplete: The Neon Wilderness
genres: Fiction, American, The United States Of America, Short Stories, Literature, Classics, Research, Literary Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 674
publisher: Seven Stories Press (US)