He was known as Cully the ArmтАФthe best crapshooter in Chicago. Life was a game of both skill and luck, and heтАЩd made his way to the big city seeking his chance to be a winner.
Before long he was moving between bars, backrooms, brothelsтАФanywhere a man could gamble. Then he met a seductive woman named Lorry, who was playing a game of her own, and she wasnтАЩt about to let any rules get in her way┬а.┬а.┬а.
The inspiration for the film The Big Town, The Arm is a hard-edged crime novel that captures the gritty atmosphere of mid-twentieth-century Chicago as one manтАЩs pursuit of a dream leads him into a nightmare.