{"product_id":"the-friends-of-eddie-coyle-paperback","title":"The Friends of Eddie Coyle - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge V. Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDennis Lehane\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by Dennis Lehane\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElmore Leonard called \u003ci\u003eThe Friends of Eddie Coyle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"the best crime novel ever written--makes \u003ci\u003eThe Maltese Falcon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e read like Nancy Drew.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine lau\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eded its author as\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"America's best crime novelist.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePicador celebrates the 40th anniversary of this seminal crime novel with a brand new reissue -- it has been called the very best of its genre by everyone from Elmore Leonard to George Will to Norman Mailer to Anthony Bourdain. A classic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorge V. Higgins's seminal crime novel is a down-and-dirty tale of thieves, mobsters, and cops on the mean streets of Boston. 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 whom he calls his friends should he send up the river? Told almost entirely in crackling dialogue by a vivid cast of lowlifes and detectives, \u003ci\u003eThe Friends of Eddie Coyle\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the greatest crime novels ever written.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge V. Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e (1939-1999) was a lawyer, journalist, teacher, and the author of 29 books, including \u003ci\u003eBomber's Law\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrust \u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Kennedy for the Defense\u003c\/i\u003e. His seminal crime novel \u003ci\u003eThe Friends of Eddie Coyle\u003c\/i\u003e was the basis for the 1973 Robert Mitchum film of the same name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.26 x 6.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52842828628192,"sku":"9780312429690","price":20.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/PKp1vJwkoG9780312429690.webp?v=1781216361","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-friends-of-eddie-coyle-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}