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The Man with the Golden Arm 50th Anniversary Critical Edition

Nelson Algren

The Man with the Golden Arm is Nelson Algren's most powerful and enduring work. On the 50th anniversary of its publication in November 1949, for which Algren was honored with the first National Book Award (which he received from none other than Eleanor Roosevelt at a ceremony in March 1950), Seven S...

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It was discussed as a great novel about a heroin addict, Frankie Machine, which was later adapted into a film starring Frank Sinatra.

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I think the greatest writer Chicago produces during these years is Nelson Ogren and his love story during this time with Simone de Beauvoir... Ogren wrote The Man with the Golden Arm. It's a great nov...

— Episode: 136. The Middle of Everywhere

Episode: 136. The Middle of Everywhere

It was discussed as a great novel about a heroin addict, Frankie Machine, which was later adapted into a film starring Frank Sinatra.

"

I think the greatest writer Chicago produces during these years is Nelson Ogren and his love story during this time with Simone de Beauvoir... Ogren wrote The Man with the Golden Arm. It's a great novel about a heroin addict named Frankie Machine. Frank Sinatra played him in the film.

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