This author also about a man who kills Nifty Louie and eventually entangles Sparrow and Molly-O in his problems.
In a novel by Richard Brautigan, the character named Trout Fishing in America Shorty gets mailed to this author. One novel by this author includes a story about the tin soldier that is read by Teresa Viavarri, a restaurant owner that is nearly raped by the protagonist. That novel chronicles a wide array of characters, including the prostitute Reba, who work on Perdido Street. In another novel by this author, the protagonist constantly deals with his "thirty-five-pound monkey on his back" and desires to play drums with Gene Krupa. This author also about a man who kills Nifty Louie and eventually entangles Sparrow and Molly-O in his problems. This author wrote about Dove Linkhorn in his novel A Walk on the Wild Side. For 10 points, name this Chicago-loving author who wrote about the morphine-addicted Frankie Machine in The Man with the Golden Arm.
In a novel by Richard Brautigan, the character named Trout Fishing in America Shorty gets mailed to this author.
Nelson Algren