[alexander_busek]

Author of the book was Nelson Algren, a Chicagoan. I met him not long before he died at a talk, and he signed my book of his short stories: The Last Carousel. My dad went to DePaul, 1930s, and he always claimed Algren captured his world perfectly.

I seem to recall having read somewhere that Algren later stated (admitted / boasted) that he, in fact, had had no first-hand knowledge of the drug milieu; that he had researched it thoroughly, but only from secondary sources.

Arnold Stang gives a notable performance in the film.

Regards,

[jobim]

What you say may be true. I was referring to the characters Algren created. According to my Dad, right off the streets of the north and west side streets of Chicago to a tee.

[njslim]

Arnold Stang - voice of TOP CAT one of mu favorite cartoons growing up