The Albany Novels: Legs; Billy Phelan's Greatest Game; Ironweed. [paperback - 3 books as 1]. by Kennedy, William - (c1987).

Quality Paperback Book Club, 1987. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Quality Paperback Book Club, 1987. Softcover. Very Good. In Very Good+ condition. Legs inaugurated William Kennedy’s celebrated cycle of novels set in Albany, New York. True to both life and myth. Legs evokes the flamboyant career of the legendary gangster Jack “Legs” Diamond, who was finally murdered in Albany, and his showgirl mistress as they blaze a trail across the tabloid pages of the 1920s and 1930s. The second novel in the Albany cycle depicts Billy Phelan, a slightly tarnished poker player, pool hustler, and small-time bookie, as he moves through the lurid nighttime glare of a tough Depression-era town. Full of Irish pluck, he works the fringes of Albany sporting life with his own particular style—until he falls from underworld grace. In the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Ironweed , Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, and full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he left Albany after killing a scab… Read More

New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1987. This oversized paperback, containing all three of the novels that take place in Albany, New York, was published specially by the Quality Paperback Book Club for its members. The book is in Fine, unread condition. (The third novel in this collection, Ironweed, was made into a movie starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson.) The book measures 5 1/4 by 8 1/4 inches. Each section is separately paginated, and the total is about 815 pages. (Being originally from Albany myself, I'm grateful to the movie company for restoring the Boulevard Restaurant on Central Avenue to the way it was in the 1930s. This historic Art Deco restaurant was dead as Marley's Ghost but was given a new lease on culinary life. However, I don't know if it's still surviving in the current economic climate.). Oversized Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Canada: Cormorant Books, 2008 A 2008 later printing. Originally published by Cormorant Books in Canada in 2001. 243 pages. The author of Three Day Road's deut colletion of storeis set in Canada. As new. Unread.

Harrisburg, PA: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1987. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff illus. wraps. Very slight bump to top front cover corner, otherwise as issued, with square, uncreased binding, unmarked interior, appears unread. QPBC edition (1st thus). 17,282,227 pp..

New York: Penguin Books, 1987. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 317, 282, 227 pp. Trade paperback format. All three books have light edge and corner wear with flat uncreased spines; no interior markings. Legs evokes the flamboyant career of the legendary gangster Jack Legs Diamond, who was finally murdered in Albany. Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, set in Albany, is about a slightly tarnished poker player, pool hustler and small-time bookie who moves through the lurid nightmare glare of a tough Depression-era town. And Ironweed is about Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, who has hit rock bottom. He returns to Albany, roaming the old familiar streets with his hobo pal, Helen, trying to make peace with the ghosts of the past and the present... Directed by Hector Babenco, Ironweed was filmed in 1987, starring Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne, Tom Waits, Nathan Lane, and a host of others..