{"product_id":"a-walk-on-the-wild-side-by-nelson-algren","title":"'A Walk on the Wild Side' by Nelson Algren","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"auto\"\u003eOriginally published in 1956, \u003cem\u003eA Walk on the Wild Side\u003c\/em\u003e follows Dove Linkhorn, a poor Texas drifter who heads for New Orleans during the Depression slams into the underside of the American promise. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAlgren writes about poverty without cleaning it up; the novel is coarse, funny, mournful, but it's really attentive to the language of people rarely allowed literary centrality. It is also a savage inversion of the American road novel. Dove moves, but movement does not equal progress; the farther he travels into the country, the more obvious its exclusions become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAlgren’s prose shifts between hard vernacular and sudden lyricism, giving the book a tenderness in its lilt, beneath all the grime. This Rebel Inc. edition includes an introduction by Russell Banks and belongs to the late-1990s series that republished neglected and countercultural modern classics. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebel Inc. \/ Canongate Books, Edinburgh, 1999. First edition thus, first printing. Paperback. Moderate shelf wear and creasing to covers, including a pronounced crease to the upper front corner and light surface marking. Internally clean; binding firm. Good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50540015091795,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-25T124330.536.png?v=1790304317","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/a-walk-on-the-wild-side-by-nelson-algren","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}