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Nelson Algren

Bettina Drew

1989416 pagesabout 6–10 hours
1989
first published
  • 1989Putnam · 416 pages · ENGISBN 9780399134227
  • 1990Bloomsbury · 416 pages · ENGISBN 9780747507581
  • 1991University of Texas Press · 416 pages · ENGISBN 9780292755437

Calling upon scores of interviews and hundreds of pages of manuscripts and correspondence, Bettina Drew's vivid narrative captures the essence of a complex nonconformist whose tremendous talent lives on through his writing. It is a walk on the wild side, with a man who knew it as no other.

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