The Last Carousel, Nelson Algren
The Last Carousel, Nelson Algren
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The Last Carousel

Author: Nelson Algren

Narrator: Richard Poe, Richard Ferrone, Ramiz Monsef, Nicol Zanzarella

Unabridged: 19 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/25/2020

Synopsis

The fiction and reportage included in The Last Carousel, one of the final collections published during Nelson Algren’s lifetime, was written on ships and in ports of call around the world, and includes accounts of brothels in Vietnam and Mexico, stories of the boxing ring, and reminiscences of Algren’s beloved Chicago White Sox, among other subjects. In this collection, not just Algren’s intensity but his diversity are revealed and celebrated.

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 Richard Poe

Richard Poe, a professional actor for more than thirty years, has appeared in numerous Broadway shows, including 1776 and M. Butterfly. On television he has had recurring roles on Star Trek and Frasier. His films include Born on the Fourth of July and Presumed Innocent. Poe is a well-known and prolific audiobook performer and the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards.

About Richard Ferrone

Read by Richard Ferrone, Stephen Bel Davies, Prentice Onayemi, Scott Aiello, Michael David Axtell, Jessica B. Harris, and Amanda Leigh Cobb

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 Nicol Zanzarella

Nicol Zanzarella is an Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator and a theater and television actress. She has appeared in productions of Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, The Winter’s Tale, Cousin Bette, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, and many others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter

Given my love of Nelson Algren's writing, I can't quite explain why I didn't come around sooner to The Last Carousel, his late collection of short stories and memoirs which was the last book published during his lifetime. Probably this was due to my general impression that the quality of his writing......more

Goodreads review by Heidi

I love Algren. I always recommend Algren. But this is collection is probably not for the casual Algren fan. This is his later work, and it's uneven, and by the time he wrote most of this, he'd become kind of a bitter old drunk a little too in love with his cleverness. He writes about gambling, boxin......more

Goodreads review by Keith

The Last Carousel, more than any other single collection of his work, demonstrates Nelson Algren’s range as a writer. This is all the more impressive in that most of the short stories in it were written during what could be regarded as a low point in his career : the period after A Walk on the Wild......more

Goodreads review by Chris

I was expecting this to be a collection of short stories, and there were some, but it was almost equally offset by more of his semi-autobiographical "essays" about interviewing prostitutes in exotic parts of the world, and so forth. Similar to the Somebody in Boots/A Walk on the Wild Side problem, t......more

Quotes

“Nelson Algren is a past master at authenticating—without romanticizing and without patronizing…The work of a true bohemian.” Kirkus Reviews

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