The Albany Cycle (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Kennedy
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1930’s
- Setting: Albany, New York, and environs
- Principal Characters: Jack Diamond, Marcus Gorman, Alice, Marion, Billy Phelan, Martin Daugherty, Patsy McCall, Francis Phelan, Helen Archer, Annie Phelan
- 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 Story:
Albany was a wide-open town in the 1930’s. The capital of the state of New York, it was also the wholly owned property of the corrupt and apparently omnipotent Democratic machine headed by Patsy McCall. Although the notorious gangster Jack “Legs” Diamond concentrated most of his criminal activities outside the city itself, it was a fitting place for him to be shot to death, as he was at 67 Dove Street early in the morning of December 18, 1931.
In 1948, however, Marcus Gorman still was not sure that Jack Diamond was dead. Marcus had been Jack’s attorney...
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