Charming BillyCharming Billy

Alice McDernotts mesmerizing fourth novel, Charming Billy, attacks the heart with the bittersweet remnants of an Irish American alcoholic. The collection of friends and family set to say their final goodbyes at Billys funeral recapture the essence of his passionate life. He lived his days saturated in alcohol, torturing himself over his lost love. But could a resolution with his beloved Eva have saved him thirty years of self-imposed depression? Should his cousin Dennis have lied about Evas death?