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The Devil's Stocking is the story of Ruby Calhoun, a boxer accused of murder in a shadowy world of low-purse fighters, cops, con artists, and bar girls. Chronicling a battle for truth and human dignity which gives way to a larger story of life and death decisions, literary grandmaster Nelson Algren's last novel is a fitting capstone to a long and brilliant career.-Back cover.
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2 editions- Other · English · 2006Seven Stories Press · 9781583226995
- Other · English · 1983Arbor House Library of Contemporary Americana · 308 pages · 9780877955474
FictionMurder in fictionMurderBoxers (Sports)Fiction, generalBoxing stories