Ironweed
by KENNEDY, William
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- A fine copy
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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Synopsis
The third novel in William Kennedy’s Albany Cycle series, Ironweed (1983) is set during the Great Depression. It follows Francis Phelan, a drifter from Albany, New York. After a devastating accident where he killed his child, he becomes a wandering alcoholic, but at the beginning of the novel has returned home. Detailing Francis’s life following his homecoming, Ironwood tells the tragic tale of a man haunted by his past. The striking novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1984 and was adapted into a film in 1987.
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- Bookseller
- Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 409421
- Title
- Ironweed
- Author
- KENNEDY, William
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- From the Bart Auerbach Collection
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Bart Auerbach
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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