{"product_id":"the-friends-of-eddie-coyle-9780312429690","title":"The Friends of Eddie Coyle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe classic novel from \"America's best crime novelist\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e), with a new introduction by Dennis Lehane \u003c\/p\u003e\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The best crime novel ever written--makes \u003ci\u003eThe Maltese Falcon\u003c\/i\u003e read like Nancy Drew.\" -- \u003ci\u003eElmore Leonard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-501275\"\u003eGeorge V. Higgins\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 6.54w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312429690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 031242969X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC022010\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective | Hard-Boiled\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC050000\"\u003eCrime\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC031010\"\u003eThrillers | Crime\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49125513036013,"sku":"9780312429690","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_be067cff-7381-48f8-8860-9f9f946c1dd6.jpg?v=1765564530","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-friends-of-eddie-coyle-9780312429690","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}