Ironweed | Characters
Kennedy has explained that his interest in portraying gangsters and low-life emanates from his interest in discovering "what lurks in the far corners of the soul," from his love for "the mystical elements of life." Ironweed anchors its mythic themes solidly in the character of Francis Phelan who is first and last an individual determined to keep his individuality. The political milieu, as well as Francis's struggle to understand his past and possibly determine his future, then becomes the real stuff of the novel: this is the story of the American hero who must persistently be...
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