The Devil's Stocking
- ISBN-10
- 1609802055
- ISBN-13
- 9781609802059
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 302
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-05-26
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press
- Author
- Nelson Algren
Description
The Devil’s Stocking is the story of Ruby Calhoun, a boxer accused of murder in a shadowy world of low-purse fighters, cops, con artists, and bar girls. Chronicling a battle for truth and human dignity which gives way to a larger story of life and death decisions, literary grandmaster Nelson Algren’s last novel is a fitting capstone to a long and brilliant career.
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