← William KennedyQuinn's Bookby William KennedyIrish laborer's life unfolds through Civil War and ReconstructionFind 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→LegsIrish gangster confronts violence and morality during Prohibition→The Ink Truck→