Kennedy, William

The Phelan clan has gathered for a most unusual event: the reading of Peter Phelan's will- by Peter himself. But the Phelans have always been a bit eccentric, larger-than-life in both their sins and their salvations.

William Kennedy offers a detailed history of his hometown of Albany, New York, describing the people and events that have shaped the town and its people.

Charlie Malarkey and his friend Iggy rescue Barnaby, a singing moose with a magic necktie, from the clutches of his dastardly trainer in the circus.

Politician Roscoe Conway has decided to severe his political ties and step out of the limelight, but the harder he tries to live a quiet life, the more he finds himself being confronted by secrets from his past.

Billy Phelan, a pool hustler, poker player, and bookie in Depression-era Albany, New York, gets caught up in the kidnapping of a political boss's son.

Journalist Daniel Quinn meets Ernest Hemingway at a bar in Havana, Cuba, in 1957, and his writing style and life are radically changed in ways that carry Quinn through the next ten years as he witnesses violence, revolutions, and the darkest facets of human nature.

A fictionalized account of the life and career of legendary gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond, as seen through the eyes of his attorney, Marcus Gorman.

Chronicles the final wanderings of a one-time ballplayer turned down-and-out murderer.