The Digger's Game

Jerry 'Digger' Doherty is an ex-con and proprietor of a workingman's Boston bar, who supplements his income with the occasional 'odd job,' like stealing live checks and picking up hot goods. His brother s a priest, his wife s a nag, and he s got a deadly appetite for martinis and gambling. But when the Digger looses eighteen grand in borrowed money on a trip to Vegas, he quickly finds himself in the sights of mob loneshark 'the Greek,' who will have to make the Digger pay up one way or another.

Luckily - if you call it luck - the Digger has been let in on a little job that can turn his gambling debt into a profit, as long as he can pull it off without getting killed.

“Digger is so real that the next time you order a drink from a bartender, you ll look at him hard, wondering what he does on his days off. - Los Angeles TimesAspiring writers of any genre, not just legal suspense, would be wise to read lots of George Higgins. - John GrishamAnother bullseye for Higgins! - The New York TimesHiggins can plot a whole book like one long chase scene. He can write dialogue so authentic it spits. - Life”

Digger is so real that the next time you order a drink from a bartender, you ll look at him hard, wondering what he does on his days off. - Los Angeles Times

Aspiring writers of any genre, not just legal suspense, would be wise to read lots of George Higgins. - John Grisham

Another bullseye for Higgins! - The New York Times

Higgins can plot a whole book like one long chase scene. He can write dialogue so authentic it spits. - Life

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.

Jerry 'Digger' Doherty is an ex-con and proprietor of a workingman's Boston bar, who supplements his income with the occasional 'odd job,' like stealing live checks and picking up hot goods. His brother s a priest, his wife s a nag, and he s got a deadly appetite for martinis and gambling. But when the Digger looses eighteen grand in borrowed money on a trip to Vegas, he quickly finds himself in the sights of mob loneshark 'the Greek,' who will have to make the Digger pay up one way or another.Luckily - if you call it luck - the Digger has been let in on a little job that can turn his gambling debt into a profit, as long as he can pull it off without getting killed.

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