Ironweed: A Novel
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Book Info
Author
Kennedy, William J.
Word Count
56,750 words
based on page count
Pages
227 pages
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Edition Publisher
Penguin
Edition Publish Date
1984-02-07
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 0140070206
ISBN-13: 9780140070200
Description
Ironweed, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is the best-known of William Kennedy's three Albany-based novels. 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...
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.
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