Ironweed
WILLIAM KENNEDY
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Ironweed by William Kennedy
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70 reviews (1983) (227p)
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Winner
PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist
Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the Century
New York Times® Best Fiction Books
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| Book Description |
| The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is now a movie directed by Hector Babenco ( Kiss of the Spider Woman) starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. Nicholson plays Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, a man trying to make peace with the ghosts of his past and present. 8 pages of photos. |
| Other Award Winning Books by William Kennedy |
| William Kennedy Award Stats |
| Major Prize* Nominations |
5 |
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| Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* |
2 |
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| Pulitzer Prize Wins |
1 |
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| Pulitzer Prize Nominations |
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| National Book Critics Circle Award Wins |
1 |
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| National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations |
2 |
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| National Book Award Wins |
0 |
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| National Book Award Nominations |
0 |
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| Man Booker Prize Wins |
0 |
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| Man Booker Prize Nominations |
0 |
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| PEN/Faulkner Award Wins |
0 |
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| PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations |
2 |
Ironweed · Roscoe · |
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*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award
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31 reviews (2011) (304p)
