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The Man With the Golden Arm [EPUB ebook]

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Frankie Machine, a veteran of the Second World War, returns to Chicago”s Northwest side with a morphine habit. Nicknamed the ”kid with the golden arm”, Frankie is an aspiring drummer by day and an illicit card-dealer by night. In Molly, an old flame, he sees the chance for redemption, for hard work and success – but the demons that chase Frankie are not quite ready to let go.Nelson Algren”s critically acclaimed and enormously powerful novel probes the lives of the displaced and dispossessed of post-war America.

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Formato EPUB ● Pagine 480 ● ISBN 9781847676429 ● Casa editrice Canongate Books ● Pubblicato 2009 ● Scaricabile 6 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 2422027 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM

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