Never Come Morning (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Nelson Algren
- First Published: 1942
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Prisons, Murder or homicide, Prostitution or prostitutes, Gangs, youth, 1930’s, Chicago, Barbershops or barbers, Boxing
- Locales: Chicago, IL
Never Come Morning, like all of Algren's novels, is a study of doom working itself out. Bruno “Lefty” Bicek is a young Polish American imprisoned in the Polish slums of Chicago, so oppressively isolated that the outside filters through only in films and tabloids. These promise a glorified version of success, but the American Dream is closer to nightmare in this world of police lineups, gangs, petty crime, and brothels. Here everyone is either the hunter or the hunted, who have nothing to lose but are too worried about being cheated of what they are owed to trust anyone...
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