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Ironweed

William Kennedy

3.87/5 (14880 ratings)

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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.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 208 pages

Publication:: 2004

Publisher:: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0743263065

ISBN13:: 9780743263061

kindle Asin:: B01E7FUSU0

Ironweed

William Kennedy

3.87/5 (14880 ratings)

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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.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 208 pages

Publication:: 2004

Publisher:: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0743263065

ISBN13:: 9780743263061

kindle Asin:: B01E7FUSU0

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