Charming Billy
- ISBN-10
- 0374120803
- ISBN-13
- 9780374120801
- Series
- Charming Billy
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Alice McDermott
Description
When 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. 75,000 first printing. Tour.
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