Studs Lonigan Author:James T. Farrell A classic story of an Irish-American youth growing to adulthood in Chicago. Widely regarded as one of the finest American novels from the first half of the twentieth century. It's a story about coming-of-age in the mean streets of 1910s Chicago. Claims Arthur Schlesinger, Jr, it reveals "his vision of the truth-the truth about people, the truth ... more »about writing, the truth about America."« less