Charming Billy: A Novel

National Book Award Winner

The late Billy Lynch's family and friends have gathered at a small Bronx bar to comfort his widow, Maeve, and to eulogize one of the last great romantics, trading tales of his humor, and immense charm. But one cannot think of Billy Lynch's life without saying, "There was that girl. The Irish girl." And indeed there lay the real story of his life. For years ago, Billy fell in love with Eva, an Irish woman who had come to America to work for…