'A hell of a story from a hell of a storyteller' Daily Mail 'Higgins writes about the world of crime with an authenticity that is unmatched' Washington Post 1970, Boston, and a daring attack on an armoured transport delivering money to a bank, catches Massachusetts law enforcement napping. While the police are still trying to figure out where this new and coldly efficient gang sprang from, more dazzling heists follow - each one meticulously planned and ruthlessly executed. It soon becomes clear these are no ordinary ...
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'A hell of a story from a hell of a storyteller' Daily Mail 'Higgins writes about the world of crime with an authenticity that is unmatched' Washington Post 1970, Boston, and a daring attack on an armoured transport delivering money to a bank, catches Massachusetts law enforcement napping. While the police are still trying to figure out where this new and coldly efficient gang sprang from, more dazzling heists follow - each one meticulously planned and ruthlessly executed. It soon becomes clear these are no ordinary criminals, but as one of the cops assigned to the case figures, 'longhairs that got bored with protesting the war and branched out.' Faced with a tight-knit cell of urban revolutionaries led by a charismatic intellectual with no compunction about killing for the cause, the authorities seem powerless to stop them. Unless they step outside the law themselves...
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The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Signed by Author(s) 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by author George Higgins directly to title page. No inscription. Blue boards with black backstrip and silver spine titling. Unmarked. Square and tight. Dust Jacket not price clipped, states $18.95. Second printing. 360 pp. Lovely bright near fine signed copy.
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Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. 0805002715. Signed and inscribed by author on half title page. First edition, first printing. Hard cover published by Henry Holt and Co. in 1987. Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket has a small tear at top in back by spine and is in very good minus condition. Large 8vo, 360 pages, 1.4 lb.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 360 pages; Signed by Author.
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Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. Bookplate signed by author laid in. Dust jacket price clipped. In protective mylar cover. In polypropylene bag. (Robbery, mystery)
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jimpickens
Jun 2, 2011
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 the impact that it has on their families if you like George V Higgins's other books or just like a good crime novel you'll love Outlaws.