The naturalistic inner-city novel in America encounters with the fat man - Giles, James Richard (University of South Carolina Press, 1995)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index
Tour guides and explorers -- The fat man finds his voice, part 1 : Michael Gold's Jews without money -- The fat man finds his voice, part 2 : Richard Wright's Native son -- Encountering the urban grotesque : Nelson Algren's Man with the golden arm -- The game of mum as theme and narrative technique in Hubert Selby's Last exit to Brooklyn -- "Hey, world" : John Rechy's City of night -- "Miss Oates" and the naturalistic imagination : Joyce Carol Oates's Them -- Conclusion : the fat man revealed