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Also by Alice McDermott:

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That Night, January 1999
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CHARMING BILLY
By: Alice McDermott

Dial Press Trade Paperback
January 1999
On Sale: January 12, 1999
Featuring: Billy Lynch
256 pages
ISBN: 038533334X
EAN: 9780385333344
Paperback
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Fiction

Billy Lynch's family and friends have gathered at a small Bronx bar. They have come to comfort his widow and to eulogize one of the last great romantics, trading tales of his famous humor, immense charm, and unfathomable sorrow. As they linger on into this extraordinary night, their voices form Billy's tragic story and their mourning becomes a gentle homage to all the lives in their small community fractured by grief, shattered by secrets, and sustained by the simple dream of love.