RARA-AVIS: Re: ironweed

From: Buzz ( BuzzMeeks@attbi.com)
Date: 10 Mar 2002


>I thought Ironweed was great stuff!
>
> I've only seen the movie, which I think is almost overwhelmed by wonderful
> acting in striking scenes. Somehow the plot just hasn't stuck. Which means
> the book is on my must-read list, though that list has become so big I
fear
> it's lost its purpose.

It's been a long time since I read the original Albany trilogy, (how many are there now, five?) but I found the other two to be a lot more fun to read. There's "Legs" about the crook Legs Diamond and "Billy Phelan's Greatest Game" about the shenanigans, arm-twisting and goings-on behind the closed doors of Albany's political machine. Excellent reads both.

Brad

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