“Another bullseye for Higgins!” —The New York Times
“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
"Higgins is one hell of a writer."--Newsday
"Aspiring writers of any genre, not just legal suspense, would be wise to read lots of George Higgins." --John Grisham
“Higgins deserves to stand in the company of the likes of Chandler and Hammett as one of the true innovators in crime fiction.” —Scott Turow
"Higgins can plot a whole book like one long chase scene. He can write dialogue so authentic it spits." —Life
"The Balzac of the Boston underworld. ... Higgins is almost uniquely blessed with a gift for voices, each of them ... as distinctive as a fingerprint."—The New Yorker
“One of the great crime writers of the twentieth century.” —Kansas City Star
“Higgins writes about the world of crime with an authenticity that is unmatched.” --The Washington Post
“A uniquely gifted writer . . . who does at least as well by the Hogarthian Boston he knows as Raymond Chandler once did for Southern California.” —The New York Times
A riveting George V. Higgins masterpiece about Jerry Doherty and his trip to Vegas that puts him eighteen grand in the hole.
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 or picking up hot goods. His brother's a priest, his wife's a nag, and he has a deadly appetite for martinis and gambling. On a trip to Vegas, the Digger finds himself in the sights of a loan shark known as “the Greek.” 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, if only he can pull it off without getting himself killed.
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Vendeur : The Book Abyss, St. Paul, MN, Etats-Unis
Mass Market Paperback. Etat : Fine. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- When Jerry Doherty signs up for a package tour to Las Vegas with a travel enterprise run by the Mafia, he winds up owing a large sum of money that he cannot pay. N° de réf. du vendeur 37993
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Vendeur : Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, Etats-Unis
Mass Market Paperback. Etat : Very Good +. 1st Edition. First Ballantine Books Edition: February 1981, stated; book number 28970; cover price $2.25; page edges tinted yellow. A former owner name on the front endpaper, else unmarked; spine uncreased; age-toning to the pages; a corner crease to the bottom of the front wrap; sleeve protected. N° de réf. du vendeur 014236
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Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Etats-Unis
Unknown. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0345289706I3N00
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