Charming Billy, a novel by American author Alice McDermott, tells the story of Billy Lynch and his lifelong struggle with alcohol after the death of his first love.[1] The novel was published by FSG in 1997 or 1998 and has since been republished by Picador (as a Picador Modern Classic).[2] It won the National Book Award for Fiction[3] and the American Book Award,[4] and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.[5]

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Charming Billy
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AuthorsAlice McDermott
LanguageEnglish
GenreLiterary fiction
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
December 1997—Early 1998
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback), kindle, audiobook
Pages280 pp
ISBN9780374120801
(hardcover 1st ed.)
OCLC38161224
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