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Billy Phelan's Greatest Game by William Kennedy

Billy Phelan's Greatest Game

By William Kennedy

By William Kennedy

By William Kennedy

By William Kennedy

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Category: Fiction

Category: Fiction

Paperback $14.00

Jan 27, 1983 | ISBN 9780140063400

Ebook $7.99

Jan 27, 1983 | ISBN 9781101665916

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    About Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game

    The second novel in William Kennedy’s much-loved Albany cycle depicts Billy Phelan, a slightly tarnished poker player, pool hustler, and small-time bookie.  A resourceful man full of Irish pluck, Billy works the fringes of the Albany sporting life with his own particular style and private code of honor, until he finds himself in the dangerous position of potential go-between in the kidnapping of a political boss’s son.

    About Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game

    The second novel in William Kennedy’s much-loved Albany cycle depicts Billy Phelan, a slightly tarnished poker player, pool hustler, and small-time bookie.  A resourceful man full of Irish pluck, Billy works the fringes of the Albany sporting life with his own particular style and private code of honor, until he finds himself in the dangerous position of potential go-between in the kidnapping of a political boss’s son.

    Also by William Kennedy

    Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes
    Roscoe
    The Flaming Corsage
    An Albany Trio
    Very Old Bones
    See all books by William Kennedy

    Also by William Kennedy

    Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes
    Roscoe
    The Flaming Corsage
    An Albany Trio
    Very Old Bones
    See all books by William Kennedy

    About William Kennedy

    William Kennedy, author, screenwriter and playwright, was born and raised in Albany, New York. Kennedy brought his native city to literary life in many of his works. The Albany cycle, includes Legs, Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, and the Pulitzer Prize… More about William Kennedy

    About William Kennedy

    William Kennedy, author, screenwriter and playwright, was born and raised in Albany, New York. Kennedy brought his native city to literary life in many of his works. The Albany cycle, includes Legs, Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, and the Pulitzer Prize… More about William Kennedy

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction

    Paperback | $14.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jan 27, 1983 | 288 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140063400

    Category: Fiction

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jan 27, 1983 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9781101665916

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    Praise

    “Kennedy displays a truly impressive ability to write on a level with his characters, to share the way in which Billy, a gambler on the margins, thinks and moves.”
    – Thomas Flanagan, The New York Review of Books

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