McDermott, Alice. <br/><br/>
Charming Billy / 
Alice McDermott. 
 - New York :  Delta Trade Paperbacks,  1999, 1998. 
 - 243 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/>Billy Lynch's family and friends have gathered to comfort his widow, and to pay their respects to one of the last great romantics. As they trade tales of his famous humor, immense charm, and consuming sorrow, a complex portrait emerges of an enigmatic man, a loyal friend, a beloved husband, an incurable alcoholic. Alice McDermott's striking novel, Charming Billy, is a study of the lies that bind and the weight of familial love, of the way good intentions can be as destructive as the truth they were meant to hide. 
<br/><br/> When the late Billy Lynch's relatives and friends gather together to keep his memory alive, stories are woven and memories relived detailing his life in the close Irish-American community and the intricate feelings that resurface. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>038533334X 9780385333344 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97077089 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Irish Americans--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.<br/>Alcoholics--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.<br/>Families--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.<br/>Alcoholics--Fiction.<br/>Family--Fiction.<br/>Irish Americans--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>amerikanske romaner 1990-tallet 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Domestic fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3563.C355  / C48 1998 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813.54 
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>820(73)