Author: William Kennedy
Year: 1983
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Award winners, Fiction, Historical fiction
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9780743263061
9780140070200
0743263065
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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.
"A powerfully affecting work, abounding in humor and heartbreak." (Chicago Tribune Bookworld)
This book is part of the "The Albany Cycle" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Roscoe"
First published in 2002
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 | "The Flaming Corsage"
First published in 1996
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 | "Very Old Bones"
First published in 1992
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 | "Quinn's Book"
First published in 1988
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 | "Legs"
First published in 1975
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