The Digger's Game - Softcover

Higgins, George V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1409137554 ISBN 13: 9781409137559

Publisher: Orion, 2013

Synopsis

'Flawless of its kind - never a false word, phrase, rhythm, gesture.' - The New Republic

'Every American crime writer of the past 30 years owes a debt to George V Higgins. Higgins is the daddy. Read him and rejoice' Val McDermid

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.

About this title

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Orion
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1409137554
• ISBN 13: 9781409137559
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224