NEVER A LOVELY SO REAL: The Life and Work of Nelson Algren

A sublime biography that unravels the enigma of Algren's disappearance, explores the richness of his novels and nonfiction writing, and explains how a rash creative decision may have led his enemies to denounce him to the FBI during the Red Scare. Asher portrays Algren as a dramatic iconoclast and reclaims him as a towering literary figure. Illus.