The main characters of this fiction, classics story are frankie majcinek, sophie majcinek. A weak willed inner city back ally hustler, whos only real talent is his dexterity with a deck of cards, becomes hooked on drugs. This is a novel as good as you remembered it had you read it back in the day, better than you imagine it if you havent yet had that pleasure. Canons edition of the modern american classic with an introduction by irvine welsh and an afterword by kurt vonnegut. The womans husband was a greedy man who saw his wifes gleaming golden limb and thought only of all the things he could buy with it. He wants a different life but the rehabilitation isnt as easy as he had thought. The man with the golden arm 1996 edition open library. Frankie machine, a veteran of the second world war, returns to chicagos northwest side with a morphine habit. Download in pdf the golden child txt, pdf,epub download in pdf western writers of america. The man with the golden arm kindle edition by algren, nelson, giles, james r download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It won the national book award in 1950 the novel details the trials and hardships of illicit card dealer frankie machine, along with an. Frankie tries to getaway from the life that he lead but has this monkey or, better yet, gorilla on his back that just wont let him. The man with the golden arm, algrens one great popular success, caught public attention because of the thenshocking drug addiction of its protagonist.
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