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Beginning with a scandalous murder-suicide in 1908, a novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed moves back and forth between the 1880s and 1912, following the lives and fates of playwright Edward Daugherty, his wife Katrina, and their lovers. 100,000 first printing.... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Katrina Taylor: Add a description of this character.
- Maginn
- Edward Daugherty
- Giles
- William Kennedy
- Emmett Daugherty
- Melissa
- Cadden
- Geraldine
- Jack Mccall
- Martin
- Archie
- Cora
- Lyman
- Cornelia
- Cully Watson
- Jacob Taylor
- Francis
- Hanorah
- Dooley
- Annie
- Jimmy
- Delavan
- Mangan
- Mrs. Squires
- Fletcher
- Blaine
- Rose
- Cromwell
- Eddie
- Edna
- Jake
- Black Jack
- Toby
- Father Loonan
- Sally
- Madam
- Matty
- Judith
- Felicity
- Nell
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
WHEN THE HUSBAND made his surprise entrance into the Manhattan hotel suite, his wife was leaning against a table, clad in a floor-length, forest-green velvet cloak, and wearing a small eye mask of the same color, her black hair loose to below her shoulder
Authors & Contributors edit
- William Kennedy (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0670858722
Page Count: 224
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0670858722
Page Count: 224
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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