With its depictions of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, A Walk in the Wild Side has found a place in the imaginations of all generations since it first appeared. As Algren admitted, the book "wasn't written until long after it had been walked . . . I found my way to the streets on the other side of the Southern Pacific station, where the big jukes were singing something called 'Walking the Wild Side of Life.' I've stayed pretty much on that side of the curb ever since."
Perhaps the author's own words describe this classic work best: "The book asks why lost people sometimes develop into greater human beings than those who have never been lost in their whole lives. Why men who have suffered at the hands of other men are the natural believers in humanity, while those whose part has been simply to acquire, to take all and give nothing, are the most contemptuous of mankind."
Perhaps the author's own words describe this classic work best: "The book asks why lost people sometimes develop into greater human beings than those who have never been lost in their whole lives. Why men who have suffered at the hands of other men are the natural believers in humanity, while those whose part has been simply to acquire, to take all and give nothing, are the most contemptuous of mankind."
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Hardback Editions
June 1992 : Hardback
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1990 : Hardback
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June 1978 : Hardback
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July 1973 : Hardback
| Title: Walk on the Wild Side (New Portway Reprints) Author(s): Nelson Algren ISBN: 0-85594-851-5 / 978-0-85594-851-1 (UK edition) Publisher: C.Chivers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1957 : Hardback
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1956 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
January 2006 : Paperback
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April 1999 : Paperback
| Title: A Walk on the Wild Side ("Rebel Inc." Classics) Author(s): Nelson Algren ISBN: 0-86241-888-7 / 978-0-86241-888-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Rebel inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1998 : Paperback
| Title: A Walk on the Wild Side: A Novel Author(s): Nelson Algren ISBN: 0-374-52532-3 / 978-0-374-52532-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
July 1994 : Paperback
| Title: A Walk on the Wild Side Author(s): Nelson Algren ISBN: 0-14-003565-6 / 978-0-14-003565-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1993 : Paperback
| Title: Walk On The Wild Side Author(s): Nelson Algren ISBN: 0-938410-80-6 / 978-0-938410-80-5 (USA edition) Publisher: THUNDER'S MOUTH PRESS Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 1990 : Paperback
| Title: A Walk on the Wild Side (Picador Classics) Author(s): Nelson Algren ISBN: 0-330-31494-7 / 978-0-330-31494-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Macmillan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1980 : Paperback
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1963 : Mass Market Paperback
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1962 : Mass Market Paperback
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1957 : Mass Market Paperback
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1956 : Paperback
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1954 : Mass Market Paperback
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Audio Editions
2000 : Audio Cassette
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1957 : Unknown
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