by Nelson Algren · ORBIS: BIBLIOTECA GRANDES EXITOS · tapa dura · ISBN 9788475308500
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«El hombre del brazo de oro (cerca del infierno)» is the novel by Nelson Algren, published by Orbis in hardcover (249 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the slums of an American city, the novel follows Frankie Machine, an expert poker player trying to leave behind a life marked by gambling and addiction. Through an atmosphere of crime and desperation, Algren paints a portrait of characters living on the margins of society.
The work, originally 'The Man with the Golden Arm', won the National Book Award in 1950. This edition is the translation by F. Ramos Bros and is part of the 'Biblioteca Grandes Éxitos' collection (no. 71).
For readers of crime fiction and classic twentieth-century American narrative.
Nelson Algren was an American writer. His 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm won the National Book Award and was adapted as the 1955 film of the same name.
