Legs inaugurated William Kennedy's cycle of novels set in Albany, New
York. True to both life and myth Legs evokes the flamboyant career of
the legendary gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond, who was finally murdered in
Albany. Through the equivocal eyes of Diamond's attorney, Marcus Gorman
(who scraps a promising political career for the elemental excitement of
the criminal underworld), we watch as Legs and his showgirl mistress,
Kiki Roberts, blaze their gaudy trail across the tabloid pages of the
1920s and 1930s.