Nelson Algren
Subtitle: a life on the wild side
By: by Bettina Drew.
Edition: 1st University of Texas Press ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
Subjects: Algren, Nelson, 1909-; Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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.
Notes: "Books by Nelson Algren": P. [378].
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-404) and index.
Originally published: New York : Putnam, c1989.