{"product_id":"2026200011097-secondhand-the-man-with-the-golden-arm","title":"The Man With The Golden Arm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark of American literature, The Man with the Golden Arm chronicles the brutal and deeply human story of Frankie Machine, a gifted card dealer and drummer trapped in the squalid tenements of post-war Chicago. Nelson Algren unflinchingly details Frankie's descent into morphine addiction, painting a vivid and unsparing portrait of the urban underworld populated by cardsharps, junkies, cops, and hustlers. Written with the rhythmic intensity of jazz and the raw compassion of a social realist, the novel argues powerfully that society's most marginalised figures are worthy of profound literary attention. Winner of the inaugural National Book Award in 1950, it stands as one of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century, inspiring the celebrated Otto Preminger film of the same name.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956211462363,"sku":"2026200011097-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c51217fe-b77d-4491-9822-c41dca8746f7.png?v=1783499088","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011097-secondhand-the-man-with-the-golden-arm","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}