Never Come Morning

Name: Never Come Morning
Author: Nelson Algren

by Nelson Algren

Novel of Polish American boxer's rise and tragic fall in urban Chicago

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Nelson Algren

Nelson Algren wrote about the criminal underclass of Chicago with ferocious sympathy and lyrical prose, earning him the first National Book Award for The Man with the Golden Arm. Simone de Beauvoir called him the greatest American writer.

More by Nelson Algren

The Man with the Golden ArmNovel of drug-addicted boxer and hustlers surviving Chicago's brutal underworld
A Walk on the Wild SideNovel of female drifter's journey through New Orleans underworld and poverty
The Neon WildernessCollection of linked stories depicting urban American outsiders and underworld characters
Chicago: City on the MakePoetic essay portrait of Chicago's streets, hustlers, and working-class neighborhoods