NEON WILDERNESS

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781888363210
• ISBN10: 1888363215
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-01-01
• Publisher: SEVEN STOR

Summary

A stunning collection of short stories from one of,America's leading writers of fiction and author of,""The Man with the Golden Arm"".,""Algren's short stories are generally acknowledged,to be literary triumphs."" - The New York Times,""When I first read 'the Neon Wildrness'' I was,knocked out and the funny thing is, as I re-read,it I was KO'd again."" - Studs Terkel

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
the captain has bad dreams	p. 17
how the devil came down division street	p. 35
is your name joe?	p. 42
depend on aunt elly	p. 47
stickman's laughter	p. 65
a bottle of milk for mother	p. 73
he couldn't boogie-woogie worth a damn	p. 91
a lot you got to holler	p. 104
poor man's pennies	p. 119
the face on the barroom floor	p. 127
the brothers' house	p. 142
please don't talk about me when i'm gone	p. 147
he swung and he missed	p. 157
el presidente de mejico	p. 165
kingdom city to cairo	p. 179
that's the way it's always been	p. 188
the children	p. 200
million-dollar brainstorm	p. 206
pero venceremos	p. 217
no man's laughter	p. 222
katz	p. 230
design for departure	p. 236
the heroes	p. 263
so help me	p. 272
afterword	p. 287
an interview with nelson algren	p. 294
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