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Now together in one volume, here are three early works from critically acclaimed author William Kennedy's Albany Cycle: LEGS, BILLY PHELAN'S GREATEST GAME and the Pulitzer Prize-winning IRONWEED. "Vivd characterization, dead-on dialogue and brilliantly imagined scenes . . . "THE NEW YORKER's... read more
Books in This Collection
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Legs
by William Kennedy (Author)A fictionalized narrative of the erratic, stylish life and deadly career of notorious twenties gangster Legs Diamond, told with equivocal disbelief by his attorney, Marcus Gorman.
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Billy Phelan's Greatest Game
by William Kennedy (Author)Billy Phelan, small-time bookie, pool hustler, and poker player becomes an unlikely go-between in the 1938 kidnapping of an Albany political boss's son.
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Ironweed
by William Kennedy (Author)Ironweed is a 1983 novel by William Kennedy. It received the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and is the third book in Kennedy's Albany Cycle. It placed at number ninety-two on the Modern Library list of the 100 Best Novels written in English in...
Characters/People edit
- Jack Diamond: Add a description of this character.
- Francis
- Billy Phelan
- Martin Daugherty
- Helen
- Alice
- Fogarty
- Kiki
- Charlie Boy
- Rudy
- Morrie
- Annie
- George
- Patsy Mccall
- Marcus
- Bindy
- Melissa
- Murray
- Rosskam
- Katrina
- Streeter
- Hubert
- Nick
- John
- Eddie
- Rothstein
- Joe
- Angie
- Gerald
- Flossie
- Madge
- Sandra
- Harvey
- Jake
- Lew
- Berman
- Martha
- Scotty
- Jimmy
- Benny
- Chick
- Marion
- Peter
- Andy
- Oscar
Setting & Locations edit
- North Albany
- New York City
- Newark
- America
- Europe
- Philadelphia
- Catskill
- Manhattan
- Charlie Northrup
- Times-union
- Saratoga
- Colonie Street
- Germany
- Brooklyn
- Jersey
- Boston
- Main Street
- Hudson
- Paris
- Kenmore
- North Pearl Street
- Troy
- Chicago
- Acra
- Cairo
- England
- Madison Avenue
- Rabelais
- Monte Carlo
- Long Island
- Columbia Street
- Ireland
- Vassar
- Watervliet
- Dayton
- Rensselaer
- Hearst
- Louie
- K. Of C.
- Coney
- Belgium
- Van Woert Street
- Denver
- Arbor Hill
- Sacred Heart Church
- Mountain House
First Sentence edit
"I really don't think he's dead," I said to my three very old friends.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 80 of 100 in 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction. (authoritative list)
Preceded by A Clockwork Orange, and followed by The Tunnel.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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