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050 0 0 _aPS3563.C355
_bC48 1998
080 _a820(73)
082 _a813.54
100 1 _aMcDermott, Alice.
245 1 0 _aCharming Billy /
_cAlice McDermott.
260 _aNew York :
_bDelta Trade Paperbacks,
_c1999, 1998.
300 _a243 pages ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
502 _aBilly Lynch's family and friends have gathered to comfort his widow, and to pay their respects to one of the last great romantics. As they trade tales of his famous humor, immense charm, and consuming sorrow, a complex portrait emerges of an enigmatic man, a loyal friend, a beloved husband, an incurable alcoholic. Alice McDermott's striking novel, Charming Billy, is a study of the lies that bind and the weight of familial love, of the way good intentions can be as destructive as the truth they were meant to hide.
520 _aWhen the late Billy Lynch's relatives and friends gather together to keep his memory alive, stories are woven and memories relived detailing his life in the close Irish-American community and the intricate feelings that resurface.
650 0 _aIrish Americans
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York
_vFiction.
650 0 _aAlcoholics
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York
_vFiction.
650 0 _aFamilies
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York
_vFiction.
650 4 _aAlcoholics
_vFiction.
650 4 _aFamily
_vFiction.
650 4 _aIrish Americans
_vFiction.
651 0 _aBronx (New York, N.Y.)
_vFiction.
653 _aamerikanske
653 _aromaner
653 _a1990-tallet
655 4 _aDomestic fiction.
942 _2ddc
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