← William KennedyLegsby William KennedyIrish gangster confronts violence and morality during ProhibitionFind on Amazon↗About the authorWilliam KennedyWilliam Kennedy created the Albany Cycle, a series of interconnected novels about Irish-American life in upstate New York spanning a century of urban history. Ironweed won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.More by William KennedyIronweedHomeless vagrant's spiritual journey through Albany ghosts and redemption→Billy Phelan's Greatest GameSmall-time gambler and hustler navigates corruption in Depression-era Albany→The Ink Truck→Quinn's BookIrish laborer's life unfolds through Civil War and Reconstruction→