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A walk on the wild side

Algren, Nelson, 1909-19812006
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A country boy from Texas arrives in New Orleans during the depression of the 1930s. The only way for him is down as he unsuccessfully seeks work only to find a nightmare world of poverty, unemployment, vice and petty crime. 'A Walk On the Wild Side' inspired Lou Reed's most famous song.
Main title:
A walk on the wild side / Nelson Algren.
Edition:
[New] ed. / introduced by Richard Flanagan.
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2006.
Collation:
xxvii, 333 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: Edinburgh: Rebel Inc, 1999.
ISBN:
9781841956800 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.52
Language:
English
BRN:
91986
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