William Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for Ironweed, a story about an ex-con returning to his roots to come good. Ironweed is the third part of the Albany Cycle series about the Phelan family who lived in Albany. Billy Phelan's Greatest Game is the second part, and Quinn's Book is the fourth part.
Book Review:Billy Phelan is a jack-the-lad type always up for a hustle. But he is not a hardened criminal.So when he gets mixed up in a kidnapping the strain begins to show.
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Book Review:The action spans a period of 15 years, from 1849 to 1864, the Civil War the New York Draft riots and the workings of the Underground Railroad. Daniel Quinn struggles to free himself from `life`s caprice`.