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Ironweed (Albany, Bk 3)
Ironweed - Albany, Bk 3
Author: William Kennedy
Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he left Albany in a hurry after killing a scab during a trolley workers' strike. He ran away again after accidentally -- and fatally -- dropping his infant son. — Now, in 1938, Francis is back in town, roaming the old familiar streets with his hobo pa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140081039
ISBN-10: 0140081038
Publication Date: 1/5/1988
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Penguin
Book Type: Paperback
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This is a harrowing tale of survival in the streets, and just off the streets, during the great depression. The heros are drunks, and fighters, and are difficult to love, but they are very compelling, and difficult to ignore, once they get under your skin. I hated the movie, which had none of the style and vigor of the book.
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