NELSON ALGREN
American novelist (1909 - 1981)
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A long generation ago, back in the twisted twenties when Chicago
was still a dangerous city, a mild-mannered youth called Fancy
used to tend bar in a dingy speak-easy on the wrong side of Van
Buren Street.
- The Face on the Barroom Floor,
a short story from The Neon Wilderness
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