Marathon reading held for novel with Albany ties

Marathon reading held for novel with Albany ties

A marathon reading of William Kennedy's 1978 novel based out of Albany, "Billy Phelan's Greatest Game," took place at Albany Distilling Company on Thursday. It's the second of the author's three-novel Albany cycle.

A marathon reading of William Kennedy’s 1978 novel based out of Albany, “Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game,” took place at Albany Distilling Company on Thursday. It’s the second of the author’s three-novel Albany cycle.

It’s being read at the Albany Distilling Company, which hosted the reading of Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Ironweed, last year.

Hear from the 96-year-old author about what inspired this story by watching the video from NewsChannel 13 photojournalist Lindsey Shumway.