Ironweed (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
“[W]ith Ironweed, William Kennedy is making American literature.”—The Washington Post Book World
Francis Phelan has hit bottom. More than twenty years ago, the ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, and full-time bum with the gift of gab left Albany after a tragic accident. Now, in 1938, Francis is back in town and faced with the wife and home he abandoned, roaming the old familiar streets, trying to make peace with the ghosts of the past and present. W...
“[W]ith Ironweed, William Kennedy is making American literature.”—The Washington Post Book World
Francis Phelan has hit bottom. More than twenty years ago, the ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, and full-time bum with the gift of gab left Albany after a tragic accident. Now, in 1938, Francis is back in town and faced with the wife and home he abandoned, roaming the old familiar streets, trying to make peace with the ghosts of the past and present. W...






















