Cogan's Trade: A ThrillerA hard-hitting, tour-de force tale of the mob and the man who makes sure their rules are the only rules, by the American master of crime George V. Higgins. Jackie Cogan is an enforcer for the New England mob. When a high-stakes card game is heisted by unknown hoodlums, Cogan is called in to “handle” the problem. Moving expertly and ruthlessly among a variety of criminal hacks, hangers-on, and bigger-time crooks—a classic cast of misfits animated by Higgins’s hilarious, cracklingly authentic dialogue—Cogan gets to the root of the problem and, with five consecutive shots from a Smith & Wesson thirty-eight Police Special, restores order to his corner of the Boston underworld. Combining his remarkable wit and a singular ability to show criminal life as it is lived, George V. Higgins builds an incredible story of crime to an unforgettable climax. |
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User Review - datrappert - LibraryThingLike his classic THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, perhaps 90% of this book consists of dialogue. There is no back story. Everything the reader knows is revealed through the characters’ conversations. But ... Read full review
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User Review - SanctiSpiritus - LibraryThingMario Puzo gives us eloquent and artistic proses when unfolding a story of the Mafia, and underworld. George V. Higgins gives you the grit, the hard-boiled inner-workings of low on the totem pole true ... Read full review
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| Title | Cogan's Trade: A Thriller |
| Author | George V. Higgins |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011 |
| ISBN | 030794722X, 9780307947222 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Crime Fiction / Legal Fiction / Thrillers / General |
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