The Man With the Golden Arm

Reviews / Votes

This is a man writing and you should not read it if you cannot take a punch . . .Mr Algren can hit with both hands and move around and he will kill you if you are not awfully careful . . . Mr Algren, boy, you are good -- Ernest Hemingway Powerful, grisly, antic, horrifying, poetic, compassionate . . . [there is] virtually nothing more that one could ask * * New York Times Book Review * * The finest American novel published since the war * * Washington Post * * A classic portrayal . . . stylish, atmospheric and moving * * Independent on Sunday * * A true novelist's triumph * * Time * * Profound * * Guardian * *