George V Higgins
George V. Higgins was a lawyer in the Massachusetts Attorney General's office, in the Organized Crime section and the Criminal Division, and an Assistant United States Attorney, in Boston. He then founded his own private practice, defending Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy and Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver. Described as 'the Balzac of the Boston underworld', he wrote more than twenty novels, including a number of lowlife masterpieces constructed almost entirely out of pitch-perfect...See more
George V. Higgins was a lawyer in the Massachusetts Attorney General's office, in the Organized Crime section and the Criminal Division, and an Assistant United States Attorney, in Boston. He then founded his own private practice, defending Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy and Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver. Described as 'the Balzac of the Boston underworld', he wrote more than twenty novels, including a number of lowlife masterpieces constructed almost entirely out of pitch-perfect dialogue. He died in 1999. See less
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George V Higgins book reviews
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Outlaws
good
by Pete W, Oct 4, 2014
good .n.n.n.n.n.n.n.n.n.n.n..n.n.n.n.n.n.n..nnnn.n.n.n..n..n..n.n...n.n..n.n.n.n.n.n.n..n. Read More
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
A Landmark Tough Guy Novel
by leevyne, Dec 2, 2010
I had occasion 15 or so years ago to refer to this novel at a publishing conference when I was in that business, and was criticized for it, mostly by people who AI am certain hadn't read it. This was ... Read More
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Outlaws
Better than Friends of Eddie Coyle
Very Technically accurate book that follows a decade long series of armored car robberies by a group of leftover 60s radicals that ends in a bloody massacre in Boston and follows the aftermath and ... Read More
