{"product_id":"9780140257861","title":"An Albany Trio","description":"\u003cp\u003e“With \u003ci\u003eLegs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBilly Phelan’s Greatest Game\u003c\/i\u003e, and . . . \u003ci\u003eIronweed\u003c\/i\u003e, William Kennedy is making American literature.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLegs\u003c\/i\u003e inaugurated William Kennedy’s celebrated cycle of novels set in Albany, New York. True to both life and myth. \u003ci\u003eLegs\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the flamboyant career of the legendary gangster Jack “Legs” Diamond, who was finally murdered in Albany, and his showgirl mistress as they blaze a trail across the tabloid pages of the 1920s and 1930s.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The second novel in the Albany cycle depicts Billy Phelan, a slightly tarnished poker player, pool hustler, and small-time bookie, as he moves through the lurid nighttime glare of a tough Depression-era town. Full of Irish pluck, he works the fringes of Albany sporting life with his own particular style—until he falls from underworld grace.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eIronweed\u003c\/i\u003e, Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, and full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he left Albany after killing a scab during a workers’ strike, and again after he accidentally—and fatally—dropped his infant son. Now, in 1938, Francis is back, roaming familiar streets and trying to make peace with ghosts of the past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022359249136,"sku":"9780140257861","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140257861_p0.jpg?v=1763642283","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140257861","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}