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A Walk on the Wild Side
A Walk on the Wild Side
Author: Nelson Algren
With its depictions of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, A Walk in the Wild Side has found a place in the imaginations of all generations since it first appeared. As Algren admitted, the book "wasn't written until long after it had been walked . . . I f...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140035650
ISBN-10: 0140035656
Publication Date: 6/30/1977
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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Liked it. Read it in the 60's and wanted to read it again. But tastes change, and seems a little weird now, but still a great read about life and hustling during the depression in New Orleans. A classic.


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