The fiction and reportage included in The Last Carousel, the last of Nelson Algren's works published during his lifetime, was written on ships and in ports of call around the world - from boxing matches and brothels to gambling tables and horse races to reminiscences of Algren's beloved Chicago White Sox. In this collection, not just Algren's intensity but his diverse range of interests are revealed and celebrated through his gritty and unabridged accounts of the vagabond lifestyle.