SOMEBODY IN BOOTS

Nelson Algren was a renowned writer, known for his penetrating and influential social novels such as The Man With the Golden Arm and A Walk on the Wild Side. Originally published in 1935, Somebody in Boots was Algren's first novel, based on his experiences living in Texas during the Great Depression. A wonderful companion to Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, the present edition of Somebody in Boots features an introduction by Colin Asher, who published the acclaimed biography of Nelson Algren Never a Lovely So Real in April 2019.