by George V. Higgins · Henry Holt & Company · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780805041521
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«The Friends of Eddie Coyle» is the crime novel by George V. Higgins, published by Henry Holt & Company in paperback (183 pages, in English).
Eddie Coyle is a small-time criminal who sells guns in Boston. To avoid going back to prison, he must decide whom to betray. Around him move police, robbers, thugs and hired killers; the novel is a classic of the crime genre.
The novel was a finalist for the National Book Award and nominated for the CWA Silver Dagger. This Owl Books edition was published in New York.
For readers of crime fiction, noir and crime thrillers looking for a classic with a Boston setting.
George V. Higgins was an American author, lawyer, newspaper columnist, raconteur and college professor. He authored more than thirty books, including Bomber's Law, Trust, and Kennedy for the Defense, and is best known for his bestselling crime novels, including The Friends of Eddie Coyle, which established the Boston noir genre of gangster tales that spawned several popular films by followers in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
