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Ironweed (Albany Cycle, Bk 3)
Ironweed - Albany Cycle, 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 hob...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780670401765
ISBN-10: 0670401765
Publication Date: 1/10/1983
Pages: 240
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3.7 stars, based on 15 ratings
Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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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 pal, Helen, trying to make peace with the ghosts of the past and the present.

"A powerfully affecting work, abounding in humor and heartbreak." (Chicago Tribune Bookworld)

IRONWEED is last in the Albany Trilogy, preceeded by LEGS and BILLY PHELAN'S GREATEST GAME.

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