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Never Come Morning
Never Come Morning is a 1942 novel published by Neslon Algren which follows the exploits of a petty criminal and his rag tag group of hopeless Chicagoans struggling to get by in the midst of the depression era. PUBLISHER.

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History
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PLOT
The story takes place in Chicago's near-Northwest neighborhood -- the Polish 26th ward -- in the late 1930s. Algren himself lived in this neighborhood -- considered one of the most crime-ridden in the city -- for nearly 40 years.

which consists mainly of Polish (and lithuanian?) immigrants struggling to make ends meet.

The story's main protagonist, Bruno "Lefty" Bicek, is a young vagabond who dreams of becoming the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. When he fails to prevent the gangrape of his girlfriend, Steffi, their lives are forever altered. Steffi turns to prositution and Bruno is forced into a life of petty crime.

The text traces Bruno's reconciliation with his crimes, his choices, his boxing career, and his friends.

PRODUCTION
Algren stuggled to maintain a stable income during the writing of "Never Come Morning." He was said to have stolen milk from people's front porches, and later took a job as a welder's assistnat. Richard Wright reviewed numerous drafts of the novel, and was later asked to write the introduction to the first edition.

RECEPTION
Despite receiving enthusiatic support from Richard Wright and critic Malcolm Cowley, the book bombed. The novel's deeply cynical portrayal of the Polish community ignited such controversy that the Polish Roman Catholic Union persuaded the mayor of Chicago, NAME, to have the book banned from Chicago's Public Library. Algren would address this issue in the Preface(?) to the reprint, where he would write that "QUOTE". It would take 20 years to reverse the ban.

The Introduction to the (reprint) is written by Kurt Vonnegut, who describes the book as "QUOTE." Richard Wright cited the novel's "crude but forceful poetry," and Ernest Hemingway called it "The best book to come out of Chicago." Jean-Paul Sartre had tremendous respect for the novel and completed a French translation, published in ???.

AWARDS
A theatircal adaptation of the novel won the 1995 Joseph Jefferson Citation Award for best production.