'The best crime novel ever written' - Elmore Leonard

'If you haven't read George V. Higgins you can't call yourself a fan of crime fiction' Val McDermid

'Higgins deserves to stand in the company of Chandler and Hammett as one of the true innovators in crime fiction' Scott Turow

When small-time gunrunner Eddie Coyle is convicted on a felony, he's looking at three years in the pen - that is, unless he sells out one of his big-fish clients to the DA. But which of the many hoods, gunmen and executioners he calls his friends should he send up river? Set on the mean streets of Boston and told almost entirely in crackling dialogue by a vivid cast of cops and lowlifes, The Friends of Eddie Coyle set a standard for authentically gritty crime fiction that has never been bettered.

'The best crime novel ever written' - Elmore Leonard

About the Author
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.

Reviews
The best crime novel ever written -- Elmore Leonard
A portrait of life on the street as realistic as any ever written -- Dennis Lehane
Higgins deserves to stand in the company of Chandler and Hammett as one of the true innovators in crime fiction -- Scott Turow
Higgins writes about the world of crime with an authenticity that is unmatched * WASHINGTON POST *
If you haven't read George V. Higgins you can't call yourself a fan of crime fiction -- Val McDermid
No one ever did it better * NEW YORK TIMES *



Book Information
ISBN 9781409127628
Author George V. Higgins
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 180g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 16mm