The Digger's game, - Couverture rigide

HIGGINS, George V.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0394483162 ISBN 13 : 9780394483160

Editeur : Knopf, 1973

Synopsis

Book by George V Higgins

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

 
“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 

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Knopf
• Date d'édition: 1973
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0394483162
• ISBN 13: 9780394483160
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible