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Beginning with a scandalous murder-suicide in 1908, a novel that moves back and forth between the 1880's and 1912 follows the lives and fates of playwright Edward Daugherty, his wife Katrina, and their lovers

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Contains more dramatic events, bright dialogue, and strong characters than most novels twice its length . . . Kennedy s best novel so far.
"Time "
Absolutely dazzling . . . when this author writes about Albany, N.Y., he is, in fact, holding up a mirror to all of American history . . . [his] fictional terrain can be compared to the Faulknerian South in its complex richness.
"The Washington Post"
Powerful . . . with vivid characterizations, dead-on dialogue and brilliantly imagined scenes . . .his most commanding performance since his prize-winning "Ironweed."
"The New York Times""

"Contains more dramatic events, bright dialogue, and strong characters than most novels twice its length . . . Kennedy's best novel so far."
- Time

"Absolutely dazzling . . . when this author writes about Albany, N.Y., he is, in fact, holding up a mirror to all of American history . . . [his] fictional terrain can be compared to the Faulknerian South in its complex richness."
- The Washington Post

"Powerful . . . with vivid characterizations, dead-on dialogue and brilliantly imagined scenes . . .his most commanding performance since his prize-winning Ironweed."
- The New York Times
About the Author:
William Kennedy, author, screenwriter and playwright, was born and raised in Albany, New York. Kennedy brought his native city to literary life in many of his works. The Albany cycle, includes Legs, Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, and the Pulitzer Prize winning Ironweed.The versatile Kennedy wrote the screenplay for Ironweed, the play Grand View, and cowrote the screenplay for the The Cotton Club with Francis Ford Coppola. Kennedy also wrote the nonfiction O Albany! and Riding the Yellow Trolley Car. Some of the other works he is known for include Roscoe and Very Old Bones.

Kennedy is a professor in the English department at the State University of New York at Albany. He is the founding director of the New York State Writers Institute and, in 1993, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received numerous literary awards, including the Literary Lions Award from the New York Public Library, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Governor's Arts Award. Kennedy was also named Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France and a member of the board of directors of the New York State Council for the Humanities.

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  • PublisherWheeler Publishing Inc
  • Publication date1997
  • ISBN 10 1568953976
  • ISBN 13 9781568953977
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages276
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good (ex-library). Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Large Print. Hardcover. 277 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Wheeler Pub., USA, 1996. Large Print. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Text and spine/cover marked with Library stamps, in all other respects in very good condition throughout. Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Spine has minor lean. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are slightly foxed. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Flaming Corsage" opens with a scene of carnage which tabloids will later call "The Love Nest Killings of 1908." The mystery of this massacre will not come fully unraveled until destiny joins the novel's principle characters, Katrina Taylor and Edward Daugherty. Edward is a man destined to greatness as a playwright. Katrina is a beautiful and seductive woman with complex attitudes toward life and love. Theirs is a passionate attachment from the first. But when death strikes close to her family in a cataclysmic hotel fire, their marriage changes into something else altogether. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 1568953976. ISBN/EAN: 9781568953977. Inventory No: 18090071. Seller Inventory # 18090071

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