The Albany Cycle (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: William Kennedy
- First Published: 1975
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Homelessness or homeless people, Crime or criminals, Ghosts or apparitions, 1920’s, 1930’s, Poverty or poor people, Kidnapping, Gangsters, Organized crime
- Locales: Albany, NY
The Work
William Kennedy’s Albany novels tell the saga of the Irish American Phelan, Quinn, and Daugherty families, and a sixth, Legs, deals with the Depression-era gangster Jack “Legs” Diamond. All share the upstate New York region, the city of Albany in particular, as their principal location and involve historical and fictional figures and events. The Albany cycle portrays events and characters during many decades, and the most influential characters and events are interwoven through several novels.
Legs, the first novel of the cycle to be...
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