Entrapment: and Other Writings

A collection of Algren’s lost and unfinished writings, including his last novel and several stories considered to be among his masterpieces, with a new introduction by Algren's biographer Colin Asher.

"You should not read [Algren] if you can’t take a punch. Mr. Algren can hit with both hands and move around and he will kill you if you are not awfully careful." —Ernest Hemingway

Nelson Algren sought humanity in the urban wilderness of postwar America, where his powerful voice rose from behind ...