The Devil's Stocking by Nelson Algren

Nelson Algren's 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.Recipient of the first National Book Award forThe Man with the Golden Armand lauded byHemingway as "one of the two best authors in America," Nelson Algren (1909-1981) remains one of ourmost defiant and enduring novelists. His body of work includes five majornovels, two short fiction collections, a book-length poem, and several collections ofreportage. one of the most substantial of any American writer.