One work by this author consists of a series of interrogations conducted by the title character with men such as Leo, Irving, and Duffy. In another story, set in a bar run by Brother B., Railroad Shorty kil s the bartender Fancy in a fight for making up dirty stories about Shorty and Venus. In addition to writing  "The Face on the Barroom Floor," and "The Captain Has Bad Dreams," this author wrote of Luther's fatal  attempt to rob the Jitney Jungle in the story "So Help Me." In another story by this author, the prayers of the Orlov family appear to exorcise a ghost haunting their apartment, but with the perverse  consequence of turning Roman Orlov into an alcoholic because he has no place to sleep. This author  wrote about Captain Kozak's interrogation of "Lefty" Bicek concerning the robbery and murder of a  drunk in a story which takes its title from the object Bicek claims he was out to get as his alibi. For 10  points, identify this author whose stories of Chicago, including "How the Devil Came Down Division  Street," and "A Bottle of Milk for Mother," are
One work by this author consists of a series of interrogations conducted by the title character with men such as Leo, Irving, and Duffy. In another story, set in a bar run by Brother B., Railroad Shorty kil s the bartender Fancy in a fight for making up dirty stories about Shorty and Venus. In addition to writing  "The Face on the Barroom Floor," and "The Captain Has Bad Dreams," this author wrote of Luther's fatal  attempt to rob the Jitney Jungle in the story "So Help Me." In another story by this author, the prayers of the Orlov family appear to exorcise a ghost haunting their apartment, but with the perverse  consequence of turning Roman Orlov into an alcoholic because he has no place to sleep. This author  wrote about Captain Kozak's interrogation of "Lefty" Bicek concerning the robbery and murder of a  drunk in a story which takes its title from the object Bicek claims he was out to get as his alibi. For 10  points, identify this author whose stories of Chicago, including "How the Devil Came Down Division  Street," and "A Bottle of Milk for Mother," are contained in his col ection The Neon Wilderness.
One work by this author consists of a series of interrogations conducted by the title character with men such as Leo, Irving, and Duffy.
Nelson Algren