Somebody in Boots, Nelson Algren
Somebody in Boots, Nelson Algren
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Somebody in Boots

Author: Nelson Algren, Colin Asher

Narrator: Ramiz Monsef

Unabridged: 11 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/08/2019

Synopsis

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, this new edition of Somebody in Boots features an introduction by Colin Asher, who has written a new biography of Algren.

About Nelson Algren

Nelson Algren (1909–1981), now considered one of America’s finest novelists, was born in Detroit and lived most of his life in Chicago. His jobs included migrant worker, journalist, and medical worker. He is the author of five novels, including The Man with the Golden Arm, which was the winner of the first National Book Award.

About Ramiz Monsef

Ramiz Monsef has spent several seasons as a member of Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s acting company, and he is the playwright of OSF’s 2013 production The Unfortunates. He has also appeared onstage in New York and in numerous regional productions.

About Colin Asher

Colin Asher is an award-winning writer whose work has been featured in the Believer, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Boston Globe, and the San Francisco Chronicle. An instructor at CUNY, he was a 2015/2016 Fellow at the Leon Levy Center for Biography.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Keith

If you’ve never read anything by Nelson Algren, don’t start with Somebody in Boots. Start with Never Come Morning or The Man with the Golden Arm. Somebody in Boots is Algren’s first novel, and it shows. However, if you’re already familiar with his later books and short stories, it’s a fascinating lo......more

Goodreads review by Jason

(This is part 1 of a special 14-part essay series I'm writing this summer for my arts center, the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com:], examining in detail nearly the entire ouevre of controversial Chicago author Nelson Algren, on the occasion of his 100th birthday this y......more

Quotes

“Ramiz Monsef gives a spirited narration of Algren’s first novel, published in 1935. Set in Depression-era Texas, this semiautobiographical work concerns the journey of Cass McKay from his home on the Rio Grande in West Texas to Chicago and his interactions there with those who are deep in the underbelly of society. Monsef’s voice is amazingly versatile, and he displays great skill in giving the numerous characters consistent and credible voices. He delivers narrative just as consistently, sometimes at a quick clip. But he is always understandable and appropriately expressive. All in all, Monsef’s performance is a nice match of voice and the brutal life depicted in the text.” AudioFile

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