One character in this novel kills Rowdy Dick Doolan, a hobo who attempts to steal his shoes by cutting off his feet with a meat cleaver.
One character in this novel kills Rowdy Dick Doolan, a hobo who attempts to steal his shoes by cutting off his feet with a meat cleaver. Other characters who die include Rudy, who is attacked by Legionnaires, and Sandra, whose face is eaten by dogs after freezing to death. The protagonist gets a job with Rosskam thanks to Reverend Chester, enabling him to quit working in a cemetery to pay his debt to Marcus Gorman, and feels guilt for accidentally dropping and killing his son Gerald. A former major league third baseman, the protagonist killed scab Harold Allen with a rock, forcing him to flee Albany. FTP, name this novel about Francis Phelan, which follows Legs and Billy Phelan's Greatest Game in a trilogy by William Kennedy.
One character in this novel kills Rowdy Dick Doolan, a hobo who attempts to steal his shoes by cutting off his feet with a meat cleaver.
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