Marathon reading held for novel with Albany ties
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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.