Item #2318944 The Man with the Golden Arm: A Novel (Cardinal C-31). Nelson Algren.

The Man with the Golden Arm: A Novel (Cardinal C-31)

New York: Pocket Books, 1956. 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Item #2318944

2nd printing. Inspiration for the film starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, and Kim Novak (all pictured on cover). Wrappers rubbed.

452 pp. A novel of rare genius, The Man with the Golden Arm describes the dissolution of a card-dealing WWII veteran named Frankie Machine, caught in the act of slowly cutting his own heart into wafer-thin slices. For Frankie, a murder committed may be the least of his problems.

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