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The Friends of Eddie Coyle: A Novel (John MacRae Books)

12 reviews
George V. Higgins

Holt Paperbacks, 2000

EDDIE COYLE STILL HAS FRIENDS AFTER 36 YEARS
The Friends of Eddie Coyle still remains a classic because George V. Higgins knew how to write dialogue. His voice is as fresh today as when this crime novel first hit the shelf back in 1972. It must've been a screenwriter's dream when Paul Monash was asked to adapt this novel for the film which Peter Yates directed. This Henry Holt edition also includes an introduction from Elmore Leonard. ...

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GEORGE V. HIGGINS

Henry Holt and Company, 1995

Bomber's Law

3 reviews
George V. Higgins

Books on Tape, 1993

George V. Higgins at his best!
George V. Higgins has earned his place as the Balzac of Boston, describing through the use of dialogue various low-level crooks, pols, lawyers, and other low life. No one can top him for a sense of the language, nor for the desperation in his characters. He really sets the pace in this genre. Bomber's Law is as good as it comes.

Cogan's Trade

4 reviews
George V. Higgins

Alfred A. Knopf, 1974

The Best of George V. Higgins
The late George V. Higgins earned a reputation as a master of low-life dialogue. Entire chapters of his books were often conversations, sometimes essentially monologues. This was a risky way to write. Some readers found the endless talk tedious, and many (this reviewer included) found his output uneven. Cogan's Trade was perhaps his best, a slender and deceptively simple tale of intramural ...

The Easiest Thing in the World: The Unpublished Fiction of George V. Higgins

1 review
George V. Higgins

Carroll & Graf, 2005

Vintage George Higgins Writing in Small Bites
If you have been a fan of George Higgins's writing, you probably know that he had an unerring ability to tell a story, capture the state of mind of the teller, and provide an unexpected reward at the end of the story by tying seemingly disconnected story skeins together. In The Easiest Thing in the World, those qualities are present in all of their glory. None of the material has been ...