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Also by William J. Kennedy:

Legs, February 1983
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LEGS
By: William J. Kennedy

Penguin
February 1983
On Sale: January 27, 1983
320 pages
ISBN: 0140064842
EAN: 9780140064841
Paperback (reprint)
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Mystery

Legs inaugurated William Kennedy's critically-acclaimed cycle of novels (including Billy Phelan's Greatest Game and Ironweed) set in his hometown of Albany, New York.

True to both life and myth, Legs brilliantly evokes the flamboyant career of the legendary gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond, who was finally murdered in Albany. Through the equivocal eyes of Diamond's attorney, we watch as Legs and his showgirl mistress, Kiki Roberts, blaze their gaudy trail across the tabloid pages of the 1920s and 1930s, emerging as emblematic figures from an era of American innocence -- and corruption.

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