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Book, 2014
Current format, Book, 2014, First Picador Modern Classics edition, Available .
Book, 2014
Current format, Book, 2014, First Picador Modern Classics edition, Available . Offered in 0 more formats
"Billy Lynch's family and friends have gathered to comfort his widow, and to pay their respects to one of the last great romantics. As they trade tales of his famous humor, immense charm, and consuming sorrow, a complex portrait emerges of an enigmatic man, a loyal friend, a beloved husband, an incurable alcoholic. Alice McDermott's striking novel, Charming Billy, is a study of the lies that bind and the weight of familial love, of the way good intentions can be as destructive as the truth they were meant to hide."--
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