ISBN: 0349101612
Author: George V. Higgins
Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown Paperbacks (a&C); New Ed edition (1990)
Pages: 256
Subcategory: Unfathomable
Rating: 4.4
Votes: 477
Size Fb2: 1268 kb
Size ePub: 1564 kb
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Another unusually structured book by George V. Higgins, this one about a crooked used car dealer named Earl Beale
Another unusually structured book by George V. Higgins, this one about a crooked used car dealer named Earl Beale. As usual with Higgins, the book is ninety percent dialogue to the extent to which key plot points must be extracted from what is said.
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FREE shipping on qualifying offers. Book in good condition except back cover stuck to something. Recently I have been on a crime novelist George V. Higgins tear as a result of re-reading his classic first and I believe still his best crime novel, The Friends of Eddie Coyle (and re-watched as well as a result of that read the film adaptation starring Robert Mitchum as Eddie).
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George V. Higgins was the author of more than twenty novels, including the bestsellers The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Cogan’s Trade . Wonderful Years, Wonderful Years. The Progress of the Seasons. Higgins was the author of more than twenty novels, including the bestsellers The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Cogan’s Trade, The Rat on Fire, and The Digger’s Game. He was a reporter for the Providence Journal and the Associated Press before obtaining a law degree from Boston College Law School in 1967. Higgins is the author of more than twenty novels, most notably The Friends of Eddie Coyle. At End of Day is his last novel completed just prior to his death in 1999. From Publishers Weekly: Corrupt, city-hardened characters vie for money and power, are ruled by destiny and are driven to tragic ends.
Find nearly any book by GEORGE V. HIGGINS. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Learn More at LibraryThing. GEORGE V. HIGGINS at LibraryThing. Higgins In his final novel George V. Higgins provides us with yet another searing and enthralling dissection of the Boston underworld.
The classic novel from "America's best crime novelist" (Time), with a new introduction by Dennis Lehane. Higgins's seminal crime novel is a down-and-dirty tale of thieves, mobsters, and cops on the mean streets of Boston. In his final novel George V. Arthur McKeach and Nick Cistaro are notorious, especially to the Boston police department. Their reputations precede them as orchestrators of extortion, theft, fraud, bribery, assault and even murder. Higgins (November 13, 1939 – November 6, 1999) was an American author, lawyer, newspaper columnist, raconteur and college professor. He authored 29 books, including Bomber's Law, Trust and Kennedy for the Defense and is best known for. He authored 29 books, including Bomber's Law, Trust and Kennedy for the Defense and is best known for his bestselling crime novels, including The Friends of Eddie Coyle, which established the Boston noir genre of gangster tales that spawned several popular films by followers in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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Abacus Books, Altrincham. The bravery and in some cases sacrifices of these men was recognised by King George V, who congratulated the street on its ‘patriotism and fighting spirit so prominently displayed’.
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