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Charming Billy Author: Winner of the National Book Award. Alice McDermott tells the story of Billy Lynch within the complex matrix of a tightly knit Irish American community, in a voice that is resonant and full of deep feeling. Charming Billy is a masterpiece about the unbreakable bonds of memory and desire.
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I loved this book. The characters are richly drawn, and the descriptions of the times and struggles of Irish immigrants is well done. More importantly, the moral dilemmas and errors (or rights?) are exactingly described. It was enjoyable, well written and thought provoking.
Alice McDermott can *write*! This story of two cousins from a large Irish-American family is lyrically told.
While "Charming Billy" will make your heart ache, you will love the beautiful writing and the emotionally moving story about a New York Irish Catholic family. The novel reveals how good intentions can be as destructive as the truth they mean to hide. The author won the National Book Award for this work.
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