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This tale, set during the Depression, tells about Francis Phelan and other inhabitants of skid row in Albany, New York. Ironweed, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is the best-known of William Kennedy's three Albany-based novels.
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- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Kennedy, William
- First published
- 1983
- Pages
- 227
- Publisher
- Viking Press, Munhak Chʻulpʻansa, G.K. Hall
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- Korean, English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780783819662
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