{"product_id":"william-kennedy-the-albany-trilogy-loa-397-legs-billy-phelans-greatest-game-ironweed","title":"William Kennedy: The Albany Trilogy (Loa #397): Legs \/ Billy PhelanS Greatest Game \/ Ironweed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Landmark Of American Historical Fiction For The First Time In A Deluxe CollectorS EditionprohibitionEra Albany Comes To Life In A Trilogy Of Novels Of Crime And Corruption, Hope And Redemptionunfolding In Albany During Prohibition And The Depression, Here Are Three Intertwined Tales Of Thwarted Yearning, Doomed Ambition, And HardWon Resilience That Are Now Among The Most Exuberant Literary Feats Of The Past HalfCentury, As Colum Mccann Writes In This VolumeS Introduction.Legs (1975) Brilliantly Envisions The Exploits Of Infamous Gangster Jack Legs Diamond In The Early 1930S. Mining The Truths And Secret Lies Of LegsS Story, The Novel Delves Deeply Into Our Collective Fascination With The Underworld, Casting LegsS Criminal Career As An Alternative Version Of The American DreamThe Dream, Kennedy Writes, That You Can Grow Up And Shoot Your Way To Fame And Fortune. Billy PhelanS Greatest Game (1978) Strips Criminality Of All Illicit Glamour, As Its Hero, A Gambler And Pool Hustler At The End Of His Luck, Runs Afoul Of The Corrupt Irish American Machine That Calls The Shots In DepressionEra Albany. Ironweed (1983) Catapulted Kennedy Into Overnight Literary Stardom, Earning Him A Pulitzer Prize, And A National Book Critics Circle Award. Francis Phelan, BillyS Father And Once A Promising Ballplayer, Is Now A Homeless Alcoholic, A Haunted Wraith Of A Man Who Returns To Albany Looking To Make Peace With His LifeS Misfortunes.The Albany Trilogy Also Includes, In An Appendix, An Essay About Legs Diamonds And The Speculation About Who Might Have Killed Him, Along With Useful Explanatory Notes And A Newly Researched Chronology Of KennedyS Life And Career.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library Of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47957952037109,"sku":"DADAX1598538411","price":51.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/81XBSnIWItL.jpg?v=1775560280","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/william-kennedy-the-albany-trilogy-loa-397-legs-billy-phelans-greatest-game-ironweed","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}