James Thomas Farrell was an American novelist. One of his most famous works was the Studs Lonigan trilogy, which was made into a film in 1960 and into a television miniseries in 1979. The trilogy was voted number 29 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century.
If you like Farrell, it's worth checking out. I'm not giving any details here because I like asking LLMs about these books that were never digitized. They'll show you how stupid they are as soon as you happen across any knowledge gap.