The Friends of Eddie Coyle

The Friends of Eddie Coyle
ISBN: 9780312429690
Publication Date: 27 April 2010

The classic novel from "America's best crime novelist" ("Time"), with a new introduction by Dennis Lehane
George V. Higgins's seminal crime novel is a down-and-dirty tale of thieves, mobsters, and cops on the mean streets of Boston. When small-time gunrunner Eddie Coyle is convicted on a felony, he's looking at three years in the pen--that is, unless he sells out one of his big-fish clients to the DA. But which of the many hoods, gunmen, and executioners whom he calls his friends should he send up the river? Told almost entirely in crackling dialogue by a vivid cast of lowlifes and detectives, "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" is one of the greatest crime novels ever written.
George V. Higgins was a lawyer, journalist, teacher, and the author of 29 books, including "Bomber's Law," "Trust," and" Kennedy for the Defense." The classic novel from "America's best crime novelist" ("Time"), with a new introduction by Dennis Lehane
George V. Higgins's seminal crime novel is a down-and-dirty tale of thieves, mobsters, and cops on the mean streets of Boston. When small-time gunrunner Eddie Coyle is convicted on a felony, he's looking at three years in the pen--that is, unless he sells out one of his big-fish clients to the DA. But which of the many hoods, gunmen, and executioners whom he calls his friends should he send up the river? Told almost entirely in crackling dialogue by a vivid cast of lowlifes and detectives, "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" is one of the greatest crime novels ever written. "Weighed and calibrated like the barrel of a pistol. The fact that he's writing about crooks is crucial in some ways, incidental in others. The real subjects here are life's futility and its bleak humor . . . Elmore Leonard learned from this novel, likewise David Mamet and of course Quentin Tarantino, who saw the narrative virtue in marrying vi...