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Charming Billy

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Charming Billy
AuthorsAlice McDermott
LanguageEnglish
GenreLiterary fiction
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
December 1997—Early 1998
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback), kindle, audiobook
Pages280 pp
ISBN9780374120801
(hardcover 1st ed.)
OCLC38161224

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] The novel was published by FSG in 1997 or 1998 and has since been republished by Picador (as a Picador Modern Classic).[2] It won the National Book Award for Fiction[3] and the American Book Award,[4] and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Charming Billy book review". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  2. ^ Swanson, Clare. "Picador Set to Launch Modern Classics". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "National Book Award Winner". www.nbafictionblog.org/. National Book Award Foundation. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "Previous Winners of the American Book Award" (PDF). beforecolumbusfoundation.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "Shortlist titles (2000)". .impacdublinaward.ie. The International IMPAC Dublind Literary Award. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
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Preceded by National Book Award for Fiction
1998
Succeeded by