With Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats. The stocky man sat across from Jackie Brown and allowed his coffee to grow cold. 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. And you have to work out who's who and what they are doing. Rating.

Excellent, really outstanding. Highly recommended by more than just me.

After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time.

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IN COLLECTIONS. And you have to work out who's who and what they are doing. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Scanned in China. Told almost entirely in crackling dialogue by a vivid cast of lowlifes and detectives, The Friends of Eddie Coyle is one of the greatest crime novels ever written. You have to get used to the slang (I imagine in the 70s this would have been near impossible to read for most Dutch readers; I suspect we're a little more used to underworld slang nowadays, partly because of books like this and the films they influenced, probably). E.g. Most fascinating of all is how many criminals (in this book) work together with the police in some way, trying to make the police work for them – and failing, or not, as the case may be. Mystery & Thriller. Excellent, really outstanding. in one particular scene where two men meet up in the street, it takes a few pages before you work out that one is a small time crook and the other a cop who's using him as a fink. The classic novel from "America's best crime novelist" (Time), with a new introduction by Dennis LehaneGeorge V. Higgins's seminal crime novel is a down-and-dirty tale of thieves, mobsters, and cops on the mean streets of Boston. After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time. This is pretty much as advertised: a crime masterpiece. This is characters talking about their lives and what goes on in-between just so happens to be criminal activity. )I don't know if Higgins had any predecessors, but I can't help feel he's been enormously influential in the way novelists and screenwriters have written about crime in the decades after he started publishing.Or are there more (and earlier) authors like this? There are no good guys and no bad guys in this tale; you find yourself rooting for Eddie simply because you sympathize with the poor mope and not because he embodies any recognizable virtues.Again, it's the dialog that makes this book a classic. George V. Higgins had an excellent ear and captures perfectly the voices of all of the characters who populate the book. George V. Higgins had an excellent ear and captures perfectly the voices of all of the characters who populate the book. But then if you think about it, that's not much different from how it happens in a film: all you get is what you see and hear, and you have to work out the relationships for yourself.Of course a lot of skill goes into writing situations and dialogue that make it possible for the reader (or viewer) to work this out. Files were found automatically and may be incorrect (wrong).e-Book Library's platform and software is currently a beta version which is still undergoing development, testing, and improvements before it's final release. Consists almost entirely of dialogue. All books, links to which are on the site, located on the public sites (not affiliated with us) to which our website does not have any relation. Download The Friends Of Eddie Coyle eBook in PDF, EPUB, Mobi. The classic novel from "America's best crime novelist" (Time), with a new introduction by Dennis Lehane George V. Higgins's seminal crime novel is a down-and-dirty tale of thieves, mobsters, and cops on the mean streets of Boston. But which of the many hoods, gunmen, and executioners whom he calls his friends should he send up the river? 4.06 of 5 Votes: 1. How to download e-book. stores . It's a book that no fan of the crime genre should miss. It has the ring of authenticity and listening to these guys scheme, negotiate, plead and promise becomes almost an intimate experience. Get also books in EPUB and Mobi Format. The Friends of Eddie Coyle centers around Eddie "Fingers" Coyle who is a street-wise, low level, and tired thug who is only 45. Eddie's convinced that he really can't do the time and he's looking to make a trade with the authorities that will get him off the hook.Eddie's been supplying guns to a group of bank robbers. Tweet . But which of the many hoods, gunmen, and executioners whom he calls his friends should he send up the river? Really, in the end, this is a tale of unforced exposition surrounded (or, rather) interrupted by necessary plotting. The Friends Of Eddie Coyle also available for Read Online in Mobile and Kindle The dialogue, including the patter and verbiage, is like a well written stage play. Read The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins,Dennis Lehane with a free trial. There is little action (stage direction, if you will) but a lot of talking though it is never boring and always engaging. publisher. He has guys that he hangs out with and guys that he works with, and cops that he negotiates with, but none of them really gives a good goddamn about Eddie and anyone of them would sell him out for a tired dime.Of course Eddie's not above dealing his "friends" either.

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