Ironweed
by Kennedy, William
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- Condition
- New/No Jacket as Issued
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SANDY, Oregon, 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
- Parrish Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1735
- Title
- Ironweed
- Author
- Kennedy, William
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Date Published
- 1999
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