{"product_id":"william-kennedy-the-albany-trilogy-loa-397-legs-billy-phelans-greatest-game-ironweed","title":"William Kennedy: The Albany Trilogy (LOA #397): Legs \/ Billy Phelan's Greatest Game \/ Ironweed","description":"\u003cb\u003eA landmark of American historical fiction for the first time in a deluxe collector\u0026amp;rsquo;s edition\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eProhibition-Era Albany comes to life in a trilogy of novels of crime and corruption, hope and redemption\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfolding in Albany during Prohibition and the Depression, here are three intertwined tales of thwarted yearning, doomed ambition, and hard-won resilience that are now \u0026amp;ldquo;among the most exuberant literary feats of the past half-century,\u0026amp;rdquo; as Colum McCann writes in this volume\u0026amp;rsquo;s Introduction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLegs\u003c\/b\u003e (1975) brilliantly envisions the exploits of infamous gangster Jack \u0026amp;ldquo;Legs\u0026amp;rdquo; Diamond in the early 1930s. Mining the \u0026amp;ldquo;truths and secret lies\u0026amp;rdquo; of Legs\u0026amp;rsquo;s story, the novel delves deeply into our collective fascination with the underworld, casting Legs\u0026amp;rsquo;s criminal career as an alternative version of the American Dream\u0026amp;mdash;\u0026amp;ldquo;the dream,\u0026amp;rdquo; Kennedy writes, \u0026amp;ldquo;that you can grow up and shoot your way to fame and fortune.\u0026amp;rdquo; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBilly Phelan\u0026amp;rsquo;s Greatest Game\u003c\/b\u003e (1978) strips criminality of all illicit glamour, as its hero, a gambler and pool hustler at the end of his luck, runs afoul of the corrupt Irish American machine that calls the shots in Depression-era Albany. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIronweed\u003c\/b\u003e (1983) catapulted Kennedy into overnight literary stardom, earning him a Pulitzer Prize, and a National Book Critics Circle Award. Francis Phelan, Billy\u0026amp;rsquo;s father and once a promising ballplayer, is now a homeless alcoholic, a haunted wraith of a man who returns to Albany looking to make peace with his life\u0026amp;rsquo;s misfortunes. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Albany Trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e also includes, in an appendix, an essay about Legs Diamonds and the speculation about who might have killed him, along with useful explanatory notes and a newly researched Chronology of Kennedy\u0026amp;rsquo;s life and career.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"US - Hardback","offer_id":49728666763491,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781598538410","price":262.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781598538410.jpg?v=1789316511","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/william-kennedy-the-albany-trilogy-loa-397-legs-billy-phelans-greatest-game-ironweed","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}