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Colin Asher

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	The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren, Colin Asher (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), James R. Giles (Introduction) 3.86 avg rating — 3,269 ratings — published 1949 — 123 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never a Lovely So Real: The Life and Work of Nelson Algren 4.53 avg rating — 138 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Somebody in Boots (Rebel Reads, 6) by Nelson Algren, Colin Asher (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.97 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1935 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Midnight Special: The Secret Prison History of American Music it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

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Writing a literary biography is a beast. To do it well, an author needs to become an expert in their subject’s work, their life, and the cultural moments and literary movements that shaped them. It’s an all-consuming task that, more often than not, p ...more
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I've read many prison memoirs - The Joint, Soledad Brother, In the Belly of the Beast, and a handful of others. And Braxton's book deserves a place among the best of them. In it he's reflective, and confessional. He writes in a conversational style ( ...more
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