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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle

by George Higgins

Recommended by Anthony Bourdain and Don Winslow

Recommended by Anthony Bourdain and Don Winslow

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in To Read While High, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.

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 downanddirty tale of thieves, mobsters, and cops on the mean streets of Boston. When smalltime gunrunner Eddie Coyle is convicted on a felony, he's looking at three years in the penthat is, unless ...

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in To Read While High, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.

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@BBW_BFF And the book is AMAZING. | The best, most realistic crime novel ever. Best dialogue in a crime novel ever.
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