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The Rat On Fire
George V. Higgins
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Description for The Rat On Fire
Paperback. 'Higgins..has arranged the conventions of the crime novel into something new: oblique, bleak and often graveyard funny' THE SUNDAY TIMES Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
'Higgins...has arranged the conventions of the crime novel into something new: oblique, bleak and often graveyard funny' SUNDAY TIMES
'Every American crime writer of the past 30 years owes a debt to George V Higgins. Higgins is the daddy. Read him and rejoice' Val McDermid
'Higgins deserves to stand in the company of Chandler and Hammett as one of the true innovators in crime fiction' Scott Turow
When the tenants of Jerry Fein's dilapidated buildings refuse to pay the rent on account of the rats, Jerry drafts in arsonist Leo Proctor to take care of the problem. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409137542
SKU
V9781409137542
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About George V. Higgins
George V. Higgins was a lawyer in the Massachusetts Attorney General's office, in the Organized Crime section and the Criminal Division, and an Assistant United States Attorney, in Boston. He then founded his own private practice, defending Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy and Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver. Described as 'the Balzac of the Boston underworld', he wrote more than twenty ... Read more
Reviews for The Rat On Fire
Higgins deserves to stand in the company of Chandler and Hammett as one of the true innovators in crime fiction
Scott Turow Higgins is almost uniquely blessed with a gift for voices, each of them ... as distinctive as a fingerprint.
NEW YORKER
The dialogue is everything, Runyonesque, dripping with lovely sewage
OBSERVER
Every American ... Read more
Scott Turow Higgins is almost uniquely blessed with a gift for voices, each of them ... as distinctive as a fingerprint.
NEW YORKER
The dialogue is everything, Runyonesque, dripping with lovely sewage
OBSERVER
Every American ... Read more