Bing Crosby's Last Song
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Bing Crosby's Last Song is a novel
by the American
writer Lester Goran
set in 1968 in the Oakland
neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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It tells the story of Daly Racklin, a Pittsburgh attorney who on a Spring day learns from his doctor that he has one year to live. Racklin is a defacto voice of a dying Irish neighborhood, and he is also torn by his father's shadow and ambitions of his own.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
writer Lester Goran
Lester Goran
Lester Goran is an American writer best known for his works about growing up poor in his hometown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the neighborhood of Oakland.-Life:...
set in 1968 in the Oakland
Oakland (Pittsburgh)
Oakland is the academic, cultural, and healthcare center of Pittsburgh and is Pennsylvania's third largest "Downtown". Only Center City Philadelphia and Downtown Pittsburgh can claim more economic and social activity than Oakland...
neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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It tells the story of Daly Racklin, a Pittsburgh attorney who on a Spring day learns from his doctor that he has one year to live. Racklin is a defacto voice of a dying Irish neighborhood, and he is also torn by his father's shadow and ambitions of his own.