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Charming Billy
by Alice McDermott

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About This Book

ISBN13: 9780385333344
ISBN10: 038533334x
Condition: Standard
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Awards

Winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Fiction
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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Winner of the National Book Award, "Charming Billy" tells the story of the late Billy Lynch within the complex matrix of a tightly knit Irish American community, in a voice that is resonant and filled with deep emotion.

Review:

"Eloquent...heartbreaking...McDermott is brilliant. " The New York Times Book Review

Review:

"There's no one like Alice McDermott for catching the ebullient particulars of the Irish-American sensibility, and in this superbly drawn, bittersweet tale of a captivating alcoholic, Charming Billy, her touch is light as a feather, her perceptions purely accurate." Elle

Review:

"Magical...In Charming Billy, Ms. McDermott writes...with wisdom and grace, refusing to sentimentalize her characters even as she forces us to recognize their decency and goodness. She has written a luminous and affecting novel." Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

Review:

"Eloquent ... heartbreaking ... McDermott is brilliant. "—New York Times Book Review

"There's no one like Alice McDermott for catching the ebullient particulars of the Irish-American sensibility, and in this superbly drawn, bittersweet tale of a captivating alcoholic, Charming Billy, her touch is light as a feather, her perceptions purely accurate."—Elle

"An astoundingly beautiful novel about the persistence of love, the perseverance of grief, and all-but-unbearable loneliness, as well as faith, loyalty and redemption."—Philadelphia Inquirer

"Magical ... In Charming Billy, Ms. McDermott writes ... with wisdom and grace, refusing to sentimentalize her characters even as she forces us to recognize their decency and goodness. She has written a luminous and affecting novel."— Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

Synopsis:

Everyone loved him. If you knew Billy at all, then you loved him. The late Billy Lynch's family and friends, a party of forty-seven, gather at a small bar and grill somewhere in the Bronx to remember better times in good company, and to redeem the pleasure of a drink or two from the miserable thing that a drink had become in Billy's life. His widow, Maeve, is there and everyone admires the way she is holding up, just as they always admired the way she cared for Billy after the alcohol had ruined him. But one cannot think of Billy Lynch's life, one's own relentless affection for him, without saying at some point, "There was that girl. The Irish girl". And one can't help but think that the real story of his life lay there.
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About the Author

Alice McDermott is the bestselling author of Charming Billy, A Bigamist's Daughter, and That Night, a 1987 National Book Award Nominee. She lives with her family outside Washington, D.C.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780385333344
Author:
McDermott, Alice
Publisher:
Delta
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Family
Subject:
New york (state)
Subject:
Sagas
Subject:
Family saga
Subject:
Alcoholics
Subject:
Irish americans
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) Fiction.
Subject:
Bronx
Copyright:
1999
Publication Date:
January 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
801x537x78 43
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