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Pulitzer Prize winning author William Kennedy will be guest
of honor at a special toast at popular Theater District
eatery, Trattoria Dopo Teatro, 125 West 44th Street on
Wednesday, October 5 from 9pm to 11 pm. Noted film and
theater producer Barbara Ligeti and Trattoria Dopo Teatro
will host the reception to salute the author on the release
of his eagerly anticipated new novel, “Chango’s Beads and
Two Toned Shoes”.
Kennedy received the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for
Fiction for Ironweed the third book in Kennedy's acclaimed
“Albany Cycle”. It placed at number ninety-two on the Modern
Library list of the 100 Best Novels written in English in
the 20th Century and is also included in the Western Canon
of the critic Harold Bloom. Ironweed was made into a film
starring Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker,
Michael O’Keefe and Nathan Lane directed by Hector Babenco.
In the October 2, 2011 Sunday New York Times Book Review
Cover Story, John Sayles notes, “William Kennedy’s new novel
is his most musical work of fiction: a polyrhythmic
contemplation of time and its effects on passion set in
three different eras”
Who: Pulitzer Prize winning author William Kennedy at
reception hosted by producer Barbara Ligeti and Trattoria
Dopo Teatro. Guests to include: Malachy McCourt, Pete Hamill,
Danny Aiello, Ethan Hawke, Angelica Page, Michael Bush,
Jeremiah James, Christine De Lisle, Eliza Griswold and more.
What: Toast to William Kennedy on release of
“Chango’s Beads and Two Toned Shoes”
When: Wednesday, October 5, 9 pm to 11 pm
Where: Trattoria Dopo Teatro,
125 West 44th Street between 6th Ave & Broadway
How; RSVP to Alchimia Public Relations,
Edward Callaghan & John Wegorzewski
212-729-0834 or
ALCHMYST@msn.com
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