A review by thevidiot
The Man With the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren, Kurt Vonnegut, William J. Savage Jr., Daniel Simon, Studs Terkel

4.0

Morphine addiction, poverty and crime all take center stage in the late 40s right here in my neighborhood (Division and Damen). In fact, if Frankie Machine's apartment were to still exist, it would be a 90 second walk up my street. Algren's own apartment that he lived in for some 15 years, is a three minute walk from where I live. The often beautiful prose tells a relentlessly grim story. I can't say that I was unhappy when it ended. It will be worth re-reading at some point in the future.