Nelson Algren
Somebody in Boots
originally published:
New York : Vanguard Press
1935
We offered this copy of the first edition in a fine, unrestored dustwrapper in our Catalog 103.
awards:
- Chicago Authors etc
- National Book Award for Fiction(1950)
- First Book(1935)
reference info
bio notes:
born: 3/28/1909
died: 5/9/1981
born as: Nelson Ahlgren Abraham
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 Literature
