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Hardcover The Digger's Game Book

ISBN: 0394483162

ISBN13: 9780394483160

The Digger's Game

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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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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His Books Should Be Part Of The Library Of America Series

In my humble opinion, the late Mr. Higgins was the best when it comes to writing dialogue. "The Digger's Game" takes place in the less reputable social circles of Boston during the seventies. All of the characters are immensely flawed, morally questionable and utterly believable. The book isn't some complex whodunit or steeped in intrigue. People who need stories with plenty of action and that are neatly wrapped up at the end will be sorely disappointed. Mr. Higgins books are highly entertaining pieces held together by oodles of superb dialogue. If you are interested in reading a true master of his craft, Mr. Higgins is your man. It's a shame that he's dead.

Another Higgins tour de force

Higgins here tells the story of "Digger" Dougherty, barkeep, gambler and part-time small-time criminal. In over his head from losing big money that he doesn't have gambling on a Vegas junket, owing money to the wrong people, the Digger uses his "holy" brother (a priest), his friends and even his enemies to stay one step ahead of the loansharks. Full of the quintessential Higgins dialogue, this followup to his 1st classic, "The Friends of Eddie Coyle", never disappoints.
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