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Man with the Golden Arm

The first major Hollywood picture to handle the taboo subject of narcotics ... Frankie Machine, one time illegal poker dealer with a bad heroin habit, returns to the dead-end world of the Chicago slums after a spell behind bars. Cured of his addiction, he dreams of a new life as a professional drummer. Above all, he wants to make enough money to cure his wife, Zosh, who blames Frankie for the accident that left her wheelchair bound.

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  • "Man with the golden arm"
  • "Man with the golden arm"@it
  • "Uncorrected proof for advance readers"@en

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  • "The first major Hollywood picture to handle the taboo subject of narcotics ... Frankie Machine, one time illegal poker dealer with a bad heroin habit, returns to the dead-end world of the Chicago slums after a spell behind bars. Cured of his addiction, he dreams of a new life as a professional drummer. Above all, he wants to make enough money to cure his wife, Zosh, who blames Frankie for the accident that left her wheelchair bound."@en
  • "Ce roman de moeurs, sordide et naturaliste, a fourni un bon scénario de film à Otto Preminger en 1956. Il raconte, de manière quasi documentaire, la pègre américaine d'après-guerre avec tous ses complots et commerces, en privilégiant celui de la drogue."
  • "Realistic story of Chicago's underworld."@en
  • "Critical essays accompany the story of gambler Frankie Machine as he struggles to stay alive amid the corruption and drug addiction of Chicago's slums and underworld."
  • "A novel about a young drug addict and his daily encounters as he pursues his eternal quest for means to support his habit."@en
  • "A novel about a young drug addict and his daily encounters as he pursues his eternal quest for means to support his habit."
  • "In Chicago voert een morfinist een bovenmenselijke strijd om te ontkomen aan de zucht naar verdovende middelen."
  • "Frankie Machine, a veteran of the Second World War, returns to Chicago's Northwest side with a morphine habit. Nicknamed the 'kid with the golden arm', Frankie is an aspiring drummer by day and an illicit card-dealer by night. In Molly, an old flame, he sees the chance for redemption, for hard work and success - but the demons that chase Frankie are not quite ready to let go. Nelson Algren's critically acclaimed and enormously powerful novel probes the lives of the displaced and dispossessed of post-war America."@en
  • "The story of Frankie Machine, a poker dealer in Chicago, and his dealings with morphine, alcohol, and his wife Sophie."
  • "The story of Frankie Machine, a poker dealer in Chicago, and his dealings with morphine, alcohol, and his wife Sophie."@en

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Didactic fiction"
  • "Didactic fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Dust jackets (Binding)"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "Embossed stamps (Provenance)"@en
  • "Movie novels"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Wrappers (Binding)"@en
  • "Portraits"@en

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  • "Čovjek sa zlatnom rukom"
  • "The man with the golden arm : a novel. With an appreciation of Nelson Algren by Studs Terkel"
  • "L'uomo dal braccio d'oro : romanzo"
  • "L'uomo dal braccio d'oro : romanzo"@it
  • "L'Homme au bras d'o"
  • "Man with the Golden Arm"@en
  • "Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm : Roman"
  • "L'uomo dal braccio d'oro : [romanzo]"
  • "De man met de gouden arm : roman"
  • "L'homme au bras d'or"
  • "The man with the golden arm"
  • "The man with the golden arm"@en
  • "L'homme au bras d'or (Man with the golden arm)"
  • "Mannen med den gyllene armen"
  • "Mannen med den gyllene armen"@sv
  • "The Man with the golden arm"@en
  • "The Man with the golden arm"
  • "The Man with the Golden arm A novel"
  • "Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm Roman"
  • "The man with the golden arm : screenplay"@en
  • "Ho anthrōpos me to chryso cheri"
  • "The man with the golden arm : a novel"@en
  • "The man with the golden arm : a novel"
  • "The man with the golden arm, a novel"@en
  • "The man with the golden arm, a novel"
  • "L'uomo dal braccio d'oro"
  • "L'uomo dal braccio d'oro"@it
  • "Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm; Roman"
  • "De man met de gouden arm : Roman"
  • "L'Homme au bras d'or"
  • "The man with the golden arm : With an appreciation of Nelson Algren by Studs Terkel"
  • "Fant z zlato roko"@sl
  • "The man with the golden arm. (Reprinted.)"@en
  • "Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm"
  • "The man with the golden arm a novel"@en
  • "L'homme au bras d'or : roman"
  • "The Man with the Golden Arm"
  • "The Man with the Golden Arm"@en
  • "Kultainen käsi"@fi
  • "The man with the golden arm : [a screenplay]"@en
  • "O homem do braço de ouro : romance"

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