Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes
WILLIAM KENNEDY
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Book Description |
When journalist Daniel Quinn meets Ernest Hemingway at the Floridita bar in Havana, Cuba, in 1957, he has no idea that his own affinity for simple, declarative sentences will change his life radically overnight.
So begins William Kennedy's latest novel -- a tale of revolutionary intrigue, heroic journalism, crooked politicians, drug-running gangsters, Albany race riots, and the improbable rise of Fidel Castro. Quinn's epic journey carries him through thenightclubs and jungles of Cuba and into the newsrooms and racially charged streets of Albanny on he day Robert Kennedy is fatally shot in 1968. The odyssey brings Quinn, and his exotic but unpredictable wife Renata, a debutante revolutionary, face to face with the darkest facets of human nature and illuminates the power of love in the presence of death. |
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William Kennedy Award Stats |
Major Prize* Nominations |
5 |
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Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* |
2 |
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Pulitzer Prize Wins |
1 |
Ironweed · |
Pulitzer Prize Nominations |
1 |
Ironweed · |
National Book Critics Circle Award Wins |
1 |
Ironweed · |
National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations |
2 |
Ironweed · Roscoe · |
National Book Award Wins |
0 |
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National Book Award Nominations |
0 |
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Man Booker Prize Wins |
0 |
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Man Booker Prize Nominations |
0 |
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PEN/Faulkner Award Wins |
0 |
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PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations |
2 |
Ironweed · Roscoe · |
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*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award
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