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Ironweed: A Novel by Kennedy, William J. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Ironweed: A Novel about?

In 1938, Francis Phelan, a murderer, is reduced to flop houses and hobo jungles and returns to a depressed Albany, where - as a gravedigger - he shuffles his rag-tag way to survival. The beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the basis of the film starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.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."The premise of Ironweed was so unpromising, that in marketing terms the writer still to this day finds it funny: the story of a bunch of itinerant alcoholics, knocking around Kennedy's hometown, falling out, having visions, trying to pass for sober to cadge a bed for the night in the homeless shelter." - The Guardian "But for all the rich variety of prose

Who reads Ironweed: A Novel?

Author

Kennedy, William J.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster UK

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781849838368

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Fiction, American Fiction

Rating

3.86 / 5 (12,360 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14