With its depiction of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, "A Walk on the Wild Side" tells, in Algren's own words, "something about the natural toughness of women and men, in that order".
Published: Wednesday, June 24, 1998
Published by: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Available in: Paperback (9780374525323)