The Friends Of Eddie Coyle.

GEORGE V. HIGGINS

Publication: Alfred A Knopf, 1972, New York

First edition. Author's first novel. Green cloth, top edge green. Former owner's inked name and date on front free fly leaf, else fine in dust jacket. Eddie Coyle and his "friends"---people he can trade in for his own life and who can kill him for theirs---are hoods. If the "wise guys"---the syndicate wheels who sometimes surface in Eddie's world to give an order---are the same as executives, then henpecked, worried Eddie Coyle is the working stiff of crime. When asked to name the top ten mysteries, Elmore Leonard said, "My all-time favorite, the one book that has made a lasting impression is The Friends Of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins. That would be my list." In the 1973 Peter Yates movie, Robert Mitchum, portrayed the title character, a petty thief, in what many feel was his finest performance. A noir classic of contemporary crime fiction.

Inventory Number: 51592