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Charming Billy (National Book Award Winner)
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An immensely smart story, Charming Billy has all the hallmarks that make Alice McDermott her own category. It’s a deeply moving story of the Irish-American experience with universal takeaways that will appeal to practically anyone.
Winner of the National Book Award and a New York Times bestseller, Charming Billy is “Alice McDermott’s masterpiece” (NPR).
In a small bar somewhere in the Bronx, a funeral party has gathered to honor Billy Lynch. Through the night, his friends and family will weave together the tale of a husband, lover, dreamer, and storyteller, but also that of a hopeless drunk whose immense charm was but a veil over a lifetime of secrets and all-consuming sorrow. As they comfort his widow, the gentle Maev...
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