Ironweed by William Kennedy - Read Online. Francis Phelan, ex- big- leaguer, part- time gravedigger, full- time bum with the gift of gab, is back in town. He left Albany twenty- two years earlier after he dropped his infant son accidentally, and the boy died. Now he's on the way back to the wife and home he abandoned, haunted at every corner by the ghosts of his violent life. Francis; his wino ladyfriend of nine years, Helen; and his stumblebum pal, Rudy, shuffle their ragtag way through the city's bleakest streets, surviving on gumption, muscatel, and black wit. Destiny is not their business. Topics: Family and Alcoholism. Published: Simon & Schuster UK on Dec 2. In Nicholson, Eliot, a New York Times writer, claims: 'Once filming began on Ironweed, everyone on set and those who heard about it, were talking not about the film's script, or direction, or scenic design, but about Jack and Meryl. Read Ironweed by William Kennedy by William Kennedy for free with a 30 day free trial. Read eBook on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Francis Phelan, ex-big-leaguer, part-time gravedigger, full-time bum with the gift of gab, is back in town. 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. Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time.
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