Chicago author Nelson Algren said, "a writer does well if in his whole life he can tell the story of one street."

芝加哥作家尼尔森说，作家如果在他的整个一生，他讲述一个街头上的故事就是个好作家。

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With the beautiful ex-model Koyuki as Taka, the widow who takes care of Algren.

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The book is punctuated by passages on the roach from works like Algren's The Man With the Golden Arm.

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Redeemed by discipline and honor, Algren trains as a samurai and, in the end, fights alongside the great man.

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