For a time, Nelson Algren was America\'s most famous author, lauded by the likes of Richard Wright and Ernest Hemingway.
The truth, hidden in the pages.
Some said he drank his talent away; others cited writer\'s block.
The cause of his decline was Never clear.
But despite Algren\'s talent, he abandoned fiction and fell into obscurity.
Algren\'s third novel, The Man with the Golden Arm , won the first National Book Award, and Frank Sinatra starred in the movie.
Millions bought his books.
For a time, Nelson Algren was America\'s most famous author, lauded by the likes of Richard Wright and Ernest Hemingway