Somebody in Boots
London: Constable and Co., (1935).
Price: $450.00
Hardcover. First English edition. Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Algren's first book. Lovely copy.
Item #104980
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Nelson Algren
birth name: Nelson Ahlgren Abraham
born: 3/28/1909
died: 5/9/1981
Biography
Writer whose novels of the poor are lifted from routine naturalism by his vision of their pride, humor, and unquenchable yearnings. He also captures with uncommon skill the mood of the city's underside. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore