The Friends of Eddie Coyle

George V. Higgins' 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.

“Higgins deserves to stand in the company of Chandler and Hammett as one of the true innovators in crime fiction”

The best crime novel ever written -- Elmore Leonard
A portrait of life on the street as realistic as any ever written -- Dennis Lehane
-- Scott Turow
Higgins writes about the world of crime with an authenticity that is unmatched WASHINGTON POST
If you haven't read George V. Higgins you can't call yourself a fan of crime fiction -- Val McDermid
No one ever did it better NEW YORK TIMES

George V. 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. He was an assistant attorney general and then an assistant United States attorney in Boston from 1969 to 1973. He later taught Creative Writing at Boston University. He died in 1999.

George V. Higgins' 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.

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