Never Come Morning

By: Nelson Algren

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Bruno Bicek, "Lefty," is a prizefighter and small-time hood in Chicago. Boxing is his ticket to escape hard times and gang life, but when Bruno doesn't prevent the brutal gang rape of his girlfriend, Steffi, it tears them apart, their worlds changed forever. Bruno is sent to jail and Steffi to a brothel governed by the brutality of a local crime boss, The Barber. Sinister and dark, The Barber controls Steffi and has no intention of letting her go. Why should he, when he holds all the cards? Bruno and Steffi, who dream of breaking free, learn this in the end and find that for them there will be no bright morning.©1987 the Estate of Nelson Algren (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"The best book to come out of Chicago." (Ernest Hemingway)
"An unusual book and a brilliant book." (New York Times)

The most poetical of Algren's Books

I read Neon Wilderness, tried reading The Man with the Golden Arm and A Walk on the Wild Side. This book captivated me from the beginning, where The Man... and A Walk... were very wordy for my taste. This book is full of poetry. Dreams carry a lot of the symbolism that "save" the two main characters in the story, Lefty Bicek and Steffi R. There are numerous vignettes that you can tell Algren took from real life situations he witnessed. Finally, living currently in the area described in the book, I found it even more engaging, being able to visualize the settings for this story.