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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, the author of a biography of Algren.

En un pueblo de mala muerte de Texas, en el Profundo Sur y en plena Gran Depresión, Dove Linkhorn crece inocente y desamparado sin siquiera asistir a la escuela porque su padre, que se gana la vida limpiando pozos negros y lanzando desquiciadas prédicas antipapistas a sus paisanos, la...