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Jan 27, 1983 | ISBN 9780140064841 Buy
Jan 27, 1983 | ISBN 9781101665930 Buy
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Jan 27, 1983 | ISBN 9780140064841
Jan 27, 1983 | ISBN 9781101665930
Legs, the inaugural book in William Kennedy’s acclaimed Albany cycle of novels, brilliantly evokes the flamboyant career of gangster Jack “Legs” Diamond. Through the equivocal eyes of Diamond’s attorney, Marcus Gorman (who scraps a promising political career for the more elemental excitement of the criminal underworld), we watch as Legs and his showgirl mistress, Kiki Roberts, blaze their gaudy trail across the tabloid pages of the 1920s and 1930s.
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
“Dynamite . . . Legs is what a novel is supposed to be.” – The Washington Post Book World“The best novel about a criminal legend I’ve ever read.” – Hunter S. Thompson“A brilliant novel, a truly creative piece of work . . . like any real artist, Kennedy takes what is really a sordid, vulgar reality and turns it into a human tragedy.” – Mario Puzo
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