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Ironweed Shakespeare or her sister’s brutal murderIn this Pulitzer Prize winning novel, the third in Kennedys Albany cycle, Francis Phelan, ex ballplayer, part time gravedigger, and full time bum with the gift of gab, has hit bottom. Years earlier hed left Albany after he dropped his infant son accidentally, and the boy died. Now, in 1938, Francis is back in town, roaming the old familiar streets with his hobo pal, Helen, trying to make peace with the ghosts of the past and present.