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Charming Billy
Authors:Alice McDermott
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Fiction
Publisher:Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date:31 September 1997
Pages:280 pp
Media Type:Hardcover
Isbn:978-0-312-42942-3

Charming Billy, a novel by American author Alice McDermott, tells the story of Billy Lynch and his lifelong struggle with alcohol after the death of his first love.[1] It won the National Book Award[2] for fiction as well as the American Book Award,[3] and was shortlisted for the International Dublin IMPAC Literary Award.[4] The novel was published by FSG in 1997 and has since been republished by Picador (as a Picador Modern Classic).[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charming Billy book review. Publishers Weekly. 16 December 2014.
  2. Web site: National Book Award Winner. www.nbafictionblog.org/. National Book Award Foundation. 16 December 2014.
  3. Web site: Previous Winners of the American Book Award. beforecolumbusfoundation.com. 16 December 2014.
  4. Web site: Shortlist titles (2000). .impacdublinaward.ie. The International IMPAC Dublind Literary Award. 16 December 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141216220512/http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/award-archive/winners-1996-2012/2000-shortlist/. 16 December 2014.
  5. Web site: Swanson. Clare. Picador Set to Launch Modern Classics. Publishers Weekly. 16 December 2014.

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