George V. Higgins
1939 – 1999
American author, lawyer, newspaper columnist, raconteur and college professor. He authored more than thirty books, including Bomber's Law, Trust, and Kennedy for the Defense, and is best known for his bestselling crime novels, including The Friends of Eddie Coyle, which established the Boston noir genre of gangster tales that spawned several popular films by followers in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Books
- The Best American Short Stories 1973
- Boston Noir 2
- Gibbsville, PA
- Old Earl died pulling traps
- Mitḥazim
- Defending Billy Ryan
- The friends of Eddie Coyle
- L'art et la manière
- Sandra Nichols found dead
- Organized crime in Massachusetts
- Style versus substance
- Imposters
- Penance for Jerry Kennedy
- The Mandeville talent
- Outlaws
- Mandeville Talent
- The Agent
- At end of day
- Swan boats at four
- Killing Them Softly A Novel
- The rat on fire
- Change of Gravity
- Cogan's Trade/a Choice of Enemies
- Paris risqués
- The easiest thing in the world
- On writing
- A city on a hill
- City On a Hill
- A change in gravity
- The friends of Richard Nixon
- Dreamland
- The judgement of Deke Hunter
- A year or so with Edgar
- The sins of the fathers
- George Higgins Mixed a S/Wx12
- Hubscher Abend Bis Jetzt
- Wonderful Years Wonderful Year
- Kennedy for Defense
- A choice of enemies
- Victories
Author data: Open Library