Legs (novel)

Legs
	First edition
Author	William Kennedy
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
Publication date	1975
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	317 pp
ISBN	0-698-10672-5
OCLC	1345969
Dewey Decimal	813/.5/4
LC Class	PZ4.K3615 Le PS3561.E428
Preceded by	The Ink Truck
Followed by	Billy Phelan's Greatest Game

Legs is a 1975 novel by William Kennedy. It is the first book in Kennedy's Albany Cycle.

Plot summary

The book chronicles the life of the gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond. It is told from the perspective of Jack's lawyer, Marcus Gormen. Marcus becomes involved with "Legs" Diamond to add excitement to his otherwise boring life, and the best way to do this was by immortalizing a highly popular gangster. Through Gormen's eyes, Kennedy is able to elicit sympathy for the criminal, transposing this sympathy into the context of America during the 1920s and 30s: excess, collapse, destitution, and analysis of right and wrong, good and evil.

Adaptations

In 2009, Audible.com produced an audio version of Legs, narrated by Joe Barrett, as part of its Modern Vanguard line of audiobooks.

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