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Synopsis
A boxer finds himself the targeted victim of a vindictive group in the story of one man's battle against injustice in the dark underworld of urban America
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About the Author
One of the most neglected of modern American authors and also one of the best loved, NELSON ALGREN (1909–1981) believed that “literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity.” His own voluminous body of work stands up to that belief. Algren’s powerful voice rose from the urban wilderness of postwar Chicago, and it is to that city of hustlers, addicts and scamps that he returned again and again, eventually raising Chicago’s “lower depths” up onto a stage for the whole world to behold. Recipient of the first National Book Award for fiction and lauded by Hemingway as “one of the two best authors in America,” Algren remains among our most defiant and enduring novelists. His work includes five major novels, two short fiction collections, a book-length poem and several collections of reportage. A source of inspiration to artists as diverse as Kurt Vonnegut and Donald Barthelme, Studs Terkel and Lou Reed, Algren died on May 9, 1981, within days of his appointment as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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The Devil's Stocking
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The Arbor House Publishing Company of Americana, 1983
ISBN 10: 0877955476
ISBN 13: 9780877955474
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Seller: Genesee Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 2nd printing. Clean interior. Tight binding. Brown cloth with gold gilt title on spine. 308 pages. A very handsome copy of the author's last book. Seller Inventory # 102010
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The Devil's Stocking
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Algren's last novel, previously unpublished in the Unites States, of a boxer in "society's underside: a world of pimps, prostitutes, prisoners.a place where Blacks, Sicilians, cops, con artists stalk one another with ferocity and brutal purpose." Second printing, with number line ending in 2. Hardcover, full brown cloth, gilt titling. light wear to book, spine ends bumped; jacket shows light edgewear, minor creasing around head of spine. Text clean. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # t0046
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Devil's Stocking, The: A Novel
Seller: Blue Awning Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ: Very Good. 2d ptg. 308 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4. Tan cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on spine. Beige glossy dj. No damage or markings noted. Seller Inventory # 72939
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The Devil's Stocking
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The Arbor House Library of Contemporary Americana, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0877955476
ISBN 13: 9780877955474
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Light soiling on the edges else fine in fine, lightly age-toned dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. Seller Inventory # 105443
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The Devil's Stocking
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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0877955476