<p>A boxer finds himself the targeted victim of a vindictive group in the story of one man’s battle against injustice in the dark underworld of urban America.</p><p><i>The Devil’s Stocking</i> is the story of Ruby Calhoun a boxer accused of murder in a shadowy world of low-purse fighters cops con artists and bar girls. Chronicling a battle for truth and human dignity which gives way to a larger story of life and death decisions literary grandmaster Nelson Algren’s last novel is a fitting capstone to a long and brilliant career.</p>