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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 — 3,260 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 — 150 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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Colin Asher and 2 other people liked Beverly Manring's review of The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age: "The ever intriguing look at how the murder investigation of Vivian Gordon brought down the corruption going on in NYC It brought to light the stranglehold the mafia had on the city and it’s inner workings from the traffic cop up through the police to" Read more of this review »
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