A Walk on the Wild Side by Nelson Algren, Russell Banks

A Walk on the Wild Side

Nelson Algren, Russell Banks

346 pages first pub 1956 (view editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
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Description

With its depiction of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, A Walk on the Wild Side found a place in the imagination of all the generations that have followed since...

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Community Reviews

3.77
based on 90 reviews

Moods

funny: 100%

challenging: 66%

dark: 66%

emotional: 66%

adventurous: 33%

sad: 33%


Pace

66% of readers chose medium
33% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

100% of readers chose A mix
A mix

Strong character development?

33% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
33% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

33% of readers chose Yes
66% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Diverse cast of characters?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus?

50% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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